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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Yaawd Media
Mar 18, 20245 min read
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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...
Yaawd Media
Mar 4, 20245 min read
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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
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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...
Yaawd Media
Feb 5, 20244 min read
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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
Yaawd Media
Jan 22, 20244 min read
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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...
Yaawd Media
Dec 29, 20234 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Yaawd Media
Jul 31, 20235 min read
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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...
Yaawd Media
Jul 30, 20233 min read
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WE FAILED FREDDIE, MAYBE EVEN DAMAGED HIS LEGACY
I grew up listening to the music of the Clarendonians who introduced little Fredde McGregor into the business by taking him to Clement...
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Jul 25, 20232 min read
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Elaine Thompson-Herah is a Standout. She will return.
The failure of double/double Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (ETH) to win an individual spot on the Jamaican track team for the...
Yaawd Media
Jul 22, 20234 min read
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Addressing the obstacles to Establishing and Realizing the Full Economic Value of Jamaica's Culture
Despite being among the top ten percent of the most culturally influential countries in the world, Jamaica struggles to find a formula...
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Jul 1, 20231 min read
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National Honour for Sugar Minott- Long Overdue
Today, May 25, 2023, would have been the 67th birthday Lincoln “Sugar” Minott. A National Honour for this son of Jamaica and Icon of its...
Yaawd Media
May 26, 20235 min read
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