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The Decline of West Indies Cricket: A Tale of Missed Opportunities and Systemic Failures
West Indies Cricket Team Logo The recent collapse of the West Indies cricket team- being bowled out for a mere 27 runs by Australia in...

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1 hour ago4 min read


Requiem for a Jamaican Champion- Walk Good Mike McCallum OD
Mike McCallum - The Body Snatcher The CVM TV post flashed across my Facebook page at around 8pm yesterday. It said simply "Mike McCallum...

Yaawd Media
Jun 12 min read


Fade Away was Junior Byles' best and most enduring work
I came across Junior Byles somewhere around 1972 when his song “Beat Down Babylon” was released. The Peoples National Party had won the...

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May 194 min read


The Changing of the Reggae Music Guards: Evolution Over Nostalgia
The evolving process of Reggae. Painting by Richard Hugh Blackford The Birth of Reggae It was the middle of the 1968 and Jamaican...

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May 144 min read


Asafa Powell's Message is the unvarnished Truth.
Retired Jamaican Sprinter Asafa Powell "Honestly, guys, if the support system doesn’t change, my kids not running for Jamaica. I’m sorry...

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Apr 295 min read


"Revolutionizing Track and Field: The Jamaica International Youth Relays Proposal"
Cover image for proposed Jamaica Invitational Relays Jamaica has been attending the Annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field, PA for more...

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Apr 73 min read


Revisiting the Contributions of Michigan & Smiley on Jamaica's Dancehall Music
Michigan & Smiley- Diseases It was the second half of the 1970s and I had just transferred to Camperdown High School in East Kingston...

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Mar 184 min read


Cocoa-Tea has left us for Zion
Yaawd Media tribute to the late Reggae singer Cocoa Tea.

Yaawd Media
Mar 115 min read


The Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, OM
Robert Nesta Marley -Painting by Richard H Blackford (c) 2013

Yaawd Media
Feb 54 min read


The Legacy of King Tubby: Remembering the Great Osbourne Ruddock
Osbourne Ruddock was born on January 28, 1941, in Kingston Jamaica, where he grew up to become a radio repairman in the late 1950s. At...

Yaawd Media
Jan 284 min read


Pioneering Sonia Pottinger-Broke Jamaica's Record producing glass-ceiling
In 1965 at age 34, Sonia made the full transition into music production on her own when she opened her record shop “Tip Top Records” at 37

Yaawd Media
Dec 12, 20244 min read


Max Romeo's impact on Jamaica's music woefully understated
Max Romeo , born Maxwell Livingston Smith on November 22, 1947, in St. D’Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica, emerged as one of reggae music’s most...

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Dec 11, 20243 min read


After WOMEX Sponsorship, What's next, Minister Grange
According to Culture Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange, the Ministry had provided Kabaka Pyramid with support of one million dollars to...

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Dec 3, 20242 min read


The Melodians
The Jamaican singing group “The Melodians” is highly regarded as one of the most impactful of the Rock-Steady and early Reggae eras. The...

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Nov 14, 20245 min read


Ernest Wilson
Fitzroy Ernest Wilson was born on November 18, 1951, he was just a teenager (12 years old) when he formed the Clarendonians with his...

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Nov 6, 20242 min read


Junior Byles- Retracing the steps of his genius
Photo of Reggae singer Junior Byles It has been said that the decade of the 1970s was one the most culturally enigmatic periods in the...

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Oct 11, 20246 min read


Horace Andy, King Tubby and the Foundations of Dub Music
Horace Andy I was in third form at Kingston College (my high school back in Kingston, Jamaica) in 1972 when I first heard about the...

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Oct 1, 20244 min read


Jamaica's Track & Field needs investigating and the Sooner, the Better.
Jamaica's sustained 20-year period of success in Track & Field, which includes notable achievements such as Usain Bolt's world records...

Yaawd Media
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Kamala Harris challenges History
On Thursday night, August 23, 2024, Kamala Devi Harris became the first non-white woman in American political history to be nominated by...

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Aug 25, 20245 min read


BUJU, what are you saying? I am not following you.
BUJU, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I AM NOT FOLLOWING YOU… Mi Love mi cyaar, mi love mi bike, mi love mi money an ting...but most of all, mi love...

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Aug 19, 20246 min read
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