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ENGLISH-BORN ACTOR DELROY LINDO TO STAR AS MARCUS GARVEY IN NEW BIOPIC!
You may remember him from the films Malcolm X (1992), Gone in 60 Seconds, This Christmas and Romeo Must Die. And after 2016 you will be able to add Marcus Garvey’s biopic to the list of movies that Delroy Lindo has starred in. The life and work of Jamaica’s first national hero and renown black icon Marcus Garvey is set to be captured in abiopic in which popular British actor Delroy Lindo will star. It’s quite fitting that Lindo, 63, was chosen to portray Garvey considering that he was born to Jamaican parents. He was raised in Lewisham, England, United Kingdom until his teens when he and his mother, a nurse, moved to Toronto in Canada. He later migrated to United States, where he attended acting school and has since made a name for himself as one of … Read entire article »
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THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IT AGAIN “MARCUS GARVEY BOYHOOD HOME TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HERITAGE SITE!”
Marcus Garvey— The house where National Hero Marcus Garvey grew up in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann, will be refurbished and transformed into a heritage site. This was outlined in a message from Youth and Culture Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, during a ceremony to commemorate the 128th birthday of Jamaica’s first National Hero, held on the compound of the St Ann Parish Library, in St Ann’s Bay, on Monday, August 17. Read by Councillor for the Beecher Town Division of the St Ann Parish Council, Ian Bell, the message noted that the property on which the house is located, was declared a protected site in 1992, as the Government moved to ensure that the legacy and history of Marcus Garvey was preserved. “The Ministry of Youth and Culture remains committed to preserving the legacy … Read entire article »
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ACTOR/FILMMAKER DONOVAN WATKIS BELIEVES JAMAICANS, NOT HOLLYWOOD, SHOULD TELL THE MARCUS GARVEY STORY!
By Brian Bonitto— Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Garvey—- FILMMAKER/ACTOR Donovan Watkis firmly believes Jamaica’s fledging industry should train its cameras on National Hero Marcus Garvey and not wait on Hollywood. “Marcus Garvey is the most important black leader. We have to tell that story. We don’t have to wait on American filmmakers to do it for us,” Watkis told the Sunday Observer. The 30-year-old said Garvey’s influence is global and everyone can relate to it. “The stories are told of people Garvey influenced … Carter G Woodson, W E B DuBois, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. His philosophy is one of self-reliance, black consciousness, black power, and self-development, and we need that right now. Showcasing Marcus Garvey in a romantic, powerful, charming way in a nice scripted story, through film, will be way … Read entire article »
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“IT’S THE MEDIA’S FAULT” SAYS CHRONIXX!
(L) Chronixx (R) Barack Obama CHRONIXX has addressed his controversial ‘waste man’ remark about United States president Barack Obama. In an interview with Billboard.com, the singer said the media is to blame for misrepresenting his Instagram post, made during Obama’s visit to Jamaica in April. “The post was more about Marcus Garvey as a leader of the black movement. The media has a way though how to fix things to their own benefit. They use little points from what you say and take it and put it as headline. So they might take the most insignificant aspect of a whole reasoning and use that as the headline,” he said. The Instagram rant was triggered by what Chronixx considers the US government’s failure to clear National Hero Marcus Garvey of mail fraud in that country. Garvey … Read entire article »
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MARCUS GARVEY REMEMBERED IN WASHINGTON, DC!
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Stephen Vasciannie (third left) with members of Garvey’s UNIA, including, among others, Cleophus Miller Jnr, (left), Ahmed Assalaam (fourth left) and Mwariam Kamau, (second right) at the Jamaican Embassy, Washington, DC.— THE Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC, USA marked the 75th anniversary of the death of National Hero Marcus Garvey at a ceremony co-hosted by the Embassy and the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) 1918 and … Read entire article »
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FRED LOCKS’ “BLACK STAR LINER” – FORTY YEARS LATER!
Fred Locks—- JAMAICAN music was not short on social anthems during the heady 1970’s. Singer Fred Locks’ Black Star Liner was one of the most potent. The song was recorded in 1975, which makes it 40 years old. It was Fred Locks’ powerful ode to Marcus Garvey’s seven-fleet shipping line which had mass repatriation to Africa as its ultimate goal. The song is a Fred Locks signature, though he admits his finest moment has been something of an Achilles … Read entire article »
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“RANT UNLIKELY TO HURT CHRONIXX IN THE USA” SAYS RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVE!
By Howard Campbell—- ‘RANT UNLIKELY TO HURT CHRONIXX’—- SINGJAY Chronixx’s controversial ‘waste man’ Instagram reference to American President Barack Obama is unlikely to harm his career in the United States, says music industry veteran Gary ‘Doctor Dread’ Himelfarb. Obama, who arrived in Jamaica last Wednesday, was on a one-day working visit. He had bilateral talks with the Jamaican Government and Caricom leaders as well as addressed youth leaders at a forum held at the University of West Indies Mona Campus in St Andrew. The founder of RAS Records told the Jamaica Observer that Chronixx could have been more ‘diplomatic’ in his post, but ultimately it is his opinion. “There are many injustices in the world and those that speak out publicly against them are often chastised, ridiculed or even persecuted,” says Himelfarb. “His intention for what … Read entire article »
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CHRONIXX UPSET AT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO JAMAICA, AND CALLS OBAMA “A WASTE MAN!”
Reggae Artist Jamar Rolando McNaughton Jr, popularly known as Chronixx is furious at US President Barack Obama for not expunging Marcus Garvey’s criminal record during his recent visit to Jamaica. Chronixx had high hopes that PM Portia Simpson Miller would’ve used the opportunity of Obama’s visit to have Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Garvey, pardoned of charges which led to his US imprisonment in 1923; and as an impetus to clear his name at home in Jamaica. Marcus Garvey The 22 year-old “Capture Land” singer ranted on Instagram about his displeasure in Obama’s visit. Chronixx took it to Instagram saying, Jamaicans ‘glorifying some waste man’ Which was in inference to President Obama while bashing the Jamaican Government Chronixx Disrespects Barrack Obama on Instagram ” This man…Still have a criminal record in The United States and we … Read entire article »
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PRIME MINISTER PORTIA SIMPSON ASKS PRESIDENT OBAMA TO EXONERATE MARCUS GARVEY!
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller with US President Barack Obama during his working visit to Jamaica on Thursday—. KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s leader asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to exonerate black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted in the US of mail fraud in the 1920s and remains a prominent historic figure on the island. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said she told Obama it is the “deep desire of the government and people of Jamaica” to have Garvey exonerated of the conviction that got him deported back to his Jamaican homeland in 1927. “I asked the president to consider the matter and to offer any support within his authority during his tenure in the White House, and beyond,” Simpson Miller said after Obama departed the island to attend the Summit … Read entire article »
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HAPPY EASTER/PASSOVER: “EMANCIPATE YOURSELF FROM MENTAL SLAVERY!”
By Edie Weinstein— ‘Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery’ “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” — Bob Marley from “Redemption Song” That powerful line from the classic reggae song was inspired by the words of orator Marcus Garvey who encouraged his listeners to break away from the physical and emotional bondage that kept them from reaching inspired heights. When I awoke this morning, I heard the words in my head, along with Marley’s lilting voice echoing back through the years. It is now a few days prior to the Jewish holiday of Passover. It heralds the coming of spring, as well as celebrates the freedom from slavery of the Israelites in Egypt. It was one of my favorite holidays growing up, as friends and family would gather around the table … Read entire article »
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