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A CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson Last night, Jamaicans around the world who follow Track & Field Athletics, witnessed what can...
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Jun 29, 20242 min read


Kenyan Reggae MC Mary Njambi Koikai "FYAH MUMMAH" Has Passed
Kenyan MC, radio host and prominent Reggae MC and activist, "Fyah Mummah" died this past Monday after a long battle with endometriosis....
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Jun 4, 20242 min read


Jamaica’s Female Dancehall Sensation Shenseea- Can she carry the Torch of Bob Marley's Legacy?
Image credits to DancehallMag The Dancehall scene in Jamaica has been electrified by the emergence of Shenseea, a talented female artist...
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May 29, 20243 min read


What went wrong with Black Uhuru
The group Black Uhuru was the first Reggae act to win a Grammy Award and came together during the 1970s in the Waterhouse area of...
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May 10, 20244 min read


Sunday Scoops Presents Tony Tuff (Dancehall Pioneer)
Reggae and Dancehall singer Winston Anthony Morris, better known as Tony Tuff, died on Saturday (April 20). He was 69. Tony Tuff is best...
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Apr 29, 20243 min read


Conversation with Reggae artiste Bushman
A few Sundays ago, Sunday Scoops hosted a conversation with Jamaican Reggae Artiste Bushman, born Dwight Duncan in the district of...
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Apr 17, 20243 min read


Disrespecting the Canons of Jamaican Governance
It has been my observation that there has been a significant increase in the level of disrespect for each other among the two major...
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Apr 2, 20244 min read


STOP THE IMPORTATION OF STUDENT ATHLETES
The curtains came down on Saturday (night) March 23, 2024 on the 114th staging of ISSA Boys and Girls Championships at the National...
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Mar 30, 20244 min read


The Wailers...How the Group Changed over Time
L-R: Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley, and Peter Tosh They came together in 1963, a union established when self-taught musician Hubert Peter...
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Mar 18, 20245 min read


B.B Seaton 1944-2024
One of the most endearing personalities to have graced the Jamaican music scene, Harris Lloyd Seaton aka B.B Seaton, fell silent on March...
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Mar 4, 20245 min read
Winston "Mr. Fixit" Francis
Winston “Mr. Fixit” Francis, who was born in Kingston in 1943. Francis served as an apprentice printer before relocating to Miami, Florida a
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Feb 12, 20242 min read


Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley- National Hero. Now is the Time
Over the last decade and a half, the month of February has taken on a special significance in the cultural life of Jamaica, particularly...
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Feb 5, 20244 min read


ROWE MADE HIS BED. HE MUST CONTINUE TO LIE IN IT.
On June 20, 2011, the Board of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) took a decision to name the players’ Pavilion at Sabina Park in honour
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Jan 22, 20244 min read


Phyllis Dillon- Jamaican Songbird
It goes without saying that Jamaica’s music industry has largely been dominated by male performers and in the circumstances, the number...
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Dec 29, 20234 min read


Jamaica's Street-Food conundrum
A little over a week ago, a video surfaced on social media with images of what appeared to be a vendor at the ‘Crab-Circle” stalls at...
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Oct 11, 20234 min read


The high expectations placed by Jamaicans on its athletes is a mirror of the success desired by all.
Image courtesy of Nationwide News Network, Jamaica It has been 75 years since Jamaica participated in the Summer Olympic Games held in...
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Sep 8, 20234 min read


Florida's Attempts at a Rewriting of Black History
The Cotton pickers. Acrylic on canvas painting (24"x48") by Richard Hugh Blackford Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has decided to show...
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Aug 21, 20233 min read


Emancipation -We still have very far to go.
It has been 185 years since slavery ended in Jamaica, and 61 years since the island was granted Independence from Great Britain....
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Aug 1, 20234 min read


Jimmy Cliff, OM- An Outstanding Musical Journey
Outside of Robert Nesta Marley, it is undoubtable that the most successful singer, musician and recording artiste produced by our island...
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Jul 31, 20235 min read


My Magnum Opus provides a record of Black History
Some weeks ago, I had an opportunity to chat with a teenager who sought me out to discuss my art with her as part of a school project she...
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Jul 30, 20233 min read
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