#History of Jamaica

[newhistorybooks]

“In Fractal Repair, Matthew Chin contributes significantly to our understanding of the history and the present of queer Jamaican life. Chin fills in the gaps on queer organizing in Jamaica, making use of the archive to piece together a different account of queer Jamaica than usually circulates. It is a lively read, deeply thoughtful, and does what it means to do: repair our understanding of queer Jamaican life and politics.”

[therealimintobooks]

#BookReviewTour ~ Island in the Sun: Growing up in Jamaica 1948-1954 by Monica Carly @ZooloosBT #ReadNonFicChal #BookTwitter #BookRec #BookPromo

My Thoughts Monica outlines an intriguing comparison between her early days as a child in Jamaica and the life being lived there now after visiting the area. Therefore, she does a lot of descriptions of day-to-day life that would be foreign even to most of the current generation’s childhood. It is a window through which the many ebbs and tides of that time emerge, yet in an individual and…

[lightdancer1]

This is the last pot-shot at the Gerald Horne asswipe but it's also an inevitable one:

In the case of the Baptist War, this is one of the wars that in particular, to beat that dead horse one last time would be historically impossible along with its 1795 precursor, if the Gerald Horne/1619 Project thesis about the British Empire was true. It was the largest slave rebellion in Jamaican history, it had a very direct connection to the abolition of slavery in the Caribbean colonies of the British Empire in the mid-1830s, and as such it was arguably the most successful slave rebellion in the history of the British Empire.

The people who fought this war and its three precursors deserve and deserved better than to be given short-shrift to sell pseudohistorical nonsense.

[i-like-media]

Some Black History In Classic Doctor Who

Something I've been itching to make a post about as I made my way through classic who! I hope you enjoy ^o^

In the 4th season of Doctor Who (1966), the missing serial "The Smugglers" featured the first black character with a speaking role. This character was named Jamaica and he was played by Elroy Josephs! He was tasked with guarding the captured 1st Doctor, and was later killed for failing to keep guard over him.

Elroy Josephs was born in Jamaica, and besides being an actor he was also a dancer. He became the first black dance lecturer at IM Marsh in Liverpool, which is part of Liverpool John Moores University.

Elroy Josephs is often overlooked for his influence on black British dance and on November 1997, a bench and plaque was unveiled in Elroy's memory at John Moores University.

More about his influence of black dance in Britain can be read here

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The serial immediately after was called "The Tenth Planet" and this serial featured Earl Cameron as Glyn Williams, the first black astronaut in television (I've seen people say it's actually Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek, since she appeared on Star Trek JUST a month earlier in 1966, though I'd argue the portrayal in Doctor Who is more akin to what we know an astronaut to be. Still, a crazy close call!)

Glyn Williams, alongside another astronaut, discovers the Cyberman home planet Mondas in their rocket. This is the first serial to feature the cybermen, too! Their rocket gets pulled in by Mondas's gravitational pull and they die in an explosion.

Earl Cameron was born in Bermuda, and is well known as the first black actor to take a leading role in a British film! The movie was called "Pool of London" and was released in 1951. It was his performance in this movie that led to him becoming "Britain’s first home-grown, non-American black movie star"!

Earl Cameron passed away in 2020 at the age of 102, making him the 5th Doctor Who cast member to reach his 100th birthday!

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"The Tomb Of The Cybermen (season 5)" and "Terror Of The Autons (season 8)" featured 2 characters, both played by Roy Stewart. Both characters have been criticised for their racist depiction of a black man. In TTOTC, Roy played the character of Toberman, who was a mute servant of an expeditioner and the strongest one of the team. He had no say in any matters and was supposed to be purely muscle. He was partially cyberconverted and sacrificed himself to save everyone.

In TOTA, Roy played the character Tony, a strongman with animal furs also tasked to be brute force. He helped keep the 3rd doctor captive, but was knocked out by Jo Grant.

Born in Jamaica, Roy Stewart came to the UK with the idea to become a doctor, though he ended up changing his mind to start acting. There weren't many black stuntmen out there (they would have white people "black up"). He ended up doing a lot of stunt work and became one of Britain's top black actors/stuntmen! Though, a lot of his earlier work went uncredited.

Roy Stewart also ran a gymnasium in 1954 with a policy allowing people of all races to train together. He also opened a Caribbean restaurant and bar called The Globe in 1960, which he ran until the day he died (2008). The Globe is now one of longest-running nightclubs in London, still with a Caribbean restaurant upstairs.

"Frequented by Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, The Clash and Bob Marley, The Globe became the place to be. Its notoriety was such, that even Mick Jones of The Clash named his album after it and wrote the title song about the nightclub." - The Globe Website

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In season 5 the serial "The Enemy Of The World", Carmen Munroe played the role of Fariah Neguib, a food taster for the powerful politician, Ramón Salamander. She was a food taster by force, and rebelled against Salamander by giving the 2nd Doctor's allies important documents, revealing a black mailing side to the politician. She was shot and died in the arms of the enemy, pridefully refusing to give them information. Though sources are a bit muddy on this (1 sketchy source and the rest is my memory of classic who), Carmen Munroe could very well be the first black woman in Doctor Who. And if not, She is most certainly the first with a prominent speaking role.

Born in Guyana, Carmen Munroe played an instrumental role in the development of black British theatre and representation on tv. She played a good number of leading roles, but is best known for the role of Shirley in British TV sitcom Desmond's. Carmen is also one of the founders of Talawa, the UK's leading black theatre company, which was created in response to the lack of creative opportunities for Black actors and the marginalisation of Black peoples from cultural processes.

Today, Talawa is the primary Black theatre company in the UK, with more than 50 award-winning touring productions from African classics to Oscar Wilde behind it. In total the company has produced more than 80 productions. Our name, Talawa, comes from a Jamaican patois term and means gutsy and strong - Talawa.com

Carmen was also appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), which is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Hope you enjoyed reading this bit of Doctor Who/Black History! Please feel free to add to this post with more black history in Doctor Who!

[yesterdaysprint]

Daphne Du Maurier with her father, Sir Reginald Du Maurier, Hampstead, 1925

[freckliedan]

was it just the two of them on the jamaica trip?

no! they were there with a group of other vloggers and iirc there's footage of them in the background of other videos posted during the trip. it was actually sponsored by a company selling waterproof cameras or something & was a really early example of that kind of thing?

dan actually wasn't originally included but phil insisted & so dan replaced one of the other people who was going to be a part of things because they really wanted phil.

[faircatch]

Bluntblackjew via Instagram: "Jamaican Jewish history is so extensive that this post would, instead of 7 slides, probably extend to 30 or more. That is what I love about the history of Jamaica, and the fact this is history is living history. This condensed version is how Jamaican Jews came as refugees and became one of the many people on the island to directly influence history "Jews in the Caribbean, especially Safardi Jews, never disappeared. We continue to exist, and I hope this post educates and removes the erasure of our history that we continue to see."

[alwaysbewoke]

they've always said that the reason why slavery revolts didn't work in america is because america had one thing these other slave revolts didn't have working against them: poor white people.

[yearningforunity]

The I Threes

Marcia Griffith, Nana Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt. Recording in Kingston, Jamaica. 1980

Photo: Lindsay Oliver Donald

[originalhaffigaza]

Real Rasta man Dem Which country is this plane ✈️ heading To ???

[caribbeanart]

The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean

On view: September 4 through December 14, 2024

"Illuminating the often-overlooked Asian diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean, 27 artists across 14 countries address notions of visibility and invisibility, spirituality, and archiving across various media. Named after a 1975 work by Japanese-Brazilian artist Lydia Okumura, The Appearance primarily focuses on artwork created from 1940 onwards." [x]

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 48: Early Modernish and Earlier 3

These Questions are the result of suggestions a the previous iteration.This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct earlier time grouping. In some cases a culture lasted a really long time and I grouped them by whether it was likely the later or earlier grouping made the most sense with the information I had. (Invention ofs tend to fall in an earlier grouping if it's still open. Ones that imply height of or just before something tend to get grouped later, but not always. Sometimes I'll split two different things from the same culture into different polls because they involve separate research goals or the like).

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration. All cultures and time periods welcome.

[blackstar1887]

Honoring the Legacy of Marcus Garvey: Celebrating Pan-African Unity

[cartermagazine]

Today We Honor Jamaica Kincaid

Elaine Potter Richardson better known as Jamaica Kincaid is a Caribbean novelist, gardener and gardening writer. She was born in the city of St. John’s on the island of Antigua in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

Kincaid’s short fiction has appeared in the Paris Review and The New Yorker, where her novel Lucy was originally serialized.

She changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid in 1973, when her writing was first published. She described this name change as “a way for her to do things without being the same person who couldn’t do them — the same person who had all these weights”. Kincaid explained that “Jamaica” is an English corruption of what Columbus called Xaymaca, the part of the world that she comes from, and “Kincaid” appeared to go well with “Jamaica”.

CARTER™️ Magazine

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe at the Idlewild Airport before leaving to Jamaica for her honeymoon, January 1957.

[rabbitcruiser]

Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Jamaica on May 5, 1494 and claimed it for Spain.