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Backyard Labrish

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To celebrate, enlighten and preserve the rich diverse culture of the Jamaican: 'Land We Love'

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?What a Celebration? This week Backyardlabrish continues to savor Jamaica's Golden Anniversary and the collection of 12 medals by our talented Athletes at the 2012 Olympics in London. Leaving a legacy this week is Mr. Carl Mc... more
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"What a Celebration!!!" 50 years of Independence from England and for the second time in London, a Jamaican stuns the world making this Independence celebration 'sweeter than honey'. This week's Backyardlabrish joins the... more
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Jamaica and Jamaicans have been exceptional In a variety of ways since Independence, as well as during British Rule. After England won the Island from Spain in 1655 Jamaica emerged as the: Gem of the British West... more
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John B. Russwurn was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica in 1799, and was a pioneer of the first Back to Africa Movement. ?He soon earned a reputation among abolitionists' as an articulate and courageous leader in the struggle against... more
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This week as we get closer to celebrating Jamaica's 50thIndependence Backyardlabrish is thrilled to continue sharing interesting information on the brilliant family of Watsons. In 1943 Hon. James S. Watson was the first black... more
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As we approach 50 years of Jamaica's Independence ‘BackyardLabrish' joins our faithful historian Dr. Joy Lumsden in recognizing and celebrating Jamaicans of the past and their contributions to our history and the World. This... more
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Backyardlabrish's mission to ‘Celebrate, Enlighten & Preserve' continues with another of Dr. Lumsden's discoveries. Francis ‘Frank' Barber, slave to Richard Bathurst of Orange River Estate in St. Mary, Jamaica W..I was born... more
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Fulfilling the Backyardlabrish passion to ‘Enlighten & Preserve' we are delighted to bring you yet another of Dr. Joy Lumsden's discoveries. Moneague, in the Parish of St. Ann, has been home to intermittent lakes that have... more
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"We could have our individualities: we could have our race pride, certainly, and the religion of our race etc," Mr. Josephs said, "but it is no good fencing up ourselves with barbed wire entanglements so that we do not come into contact... more
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"The problem of identifying Black participants in public life has, I believe, led to a continuing underestimation of the role of the Black middle-class intellectuals in Jamaica in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, since comparatively few of... more
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