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Lest We Forget
By Tenement Yaad MediaHistory
Lest We Forget episodes
- Welcome To Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica
Content Warning: this episode contains profanity
In 2004, Jamaican musician, Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley released the lead single off his upcoming third studio album, "Welcome to Jamrock”. Propelled by its music video, it would go to be an international hit. But although it was celebrated abroad, back home in Jamaica, sections of society had a different opinion.
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1 hr 6 min - Everyone Except Haitians
Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of physical abuse, racism and xenophobia.
In the wake of certain events occurring across the region, thousands of West Indians emigrated or sought refugees status to the United States by the 1970s. Still, it would be the newly arrived Haitians and Haitian refugees that faced the most prejudice. And even though one rap group would emerge in the 1990s to address this anti-immigrant and anti-black discrimination, anti-Haitian rhetoric in the U.S. has never really gone away.
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38 min - The Fight for the Emancipation Day Holiday in Jamaica
Content Warning: this episode contains mention of slavery
On August 1st, 1838, Jamaica, alongside the rest of the countries in British West Indies, achieved emancipation and thus all enslaves Black people on the island, gained their freedom. Since then, it has been ongoing debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of one of the most brutal acts of mankind.
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1 hr 6 min - The Bombing of Cubana Airlines Flight 455
Content Warning: this episode discusses a plane crash as well as injuries and death associated with it.
In the mid 1970’s, the first and only mid-air bombing of a civilian airliner in the Western Hemisphere took place. As such, the 1976 bombing of Cubana Airline 455 which resulted in the killing of 73 persons, became one of the most devastating terrorist attack in Caribbean history.
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15 min - Homosexuality in the Jamaican Police Force
Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of homophobia, homophobic language, murder and police brutality. There are also mentions of slavery and rape.
By no stretch, is the Jamaica Constabulary Force the most loved civil servant organisation. However, the organisation colonial roots, anti-black mode of operations and the nation’s homophobia lead to a rumour that the organisation is been overrun by queer male police officers; and despite no proof this was happening, the rumor has lasted for almost a century and at one point, even prompted a government inquiry into the force for their alleged "homosexual behaviours".
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1 hr 13 min - Barbados and The Rise of Mosquitoes In The Caribbean
Content Warning: this episode contains mentions of slavery
On this episode, we discussed how the colonisation of the Caribbean by Europeans brought mosquitoes to the region and the subsequent ecological transformation of the region that have foster the growth of the pest.
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43 min - The Slaughter of Haiti’s Pigs
In 1979, a swine virus outbreak occurred in the Dominican Republic. Still, the situation would had a drastic effect in Haiti as a US-Canada-Mexico partnership led to 1.3 million of their Kreyol pigs been slaughtered, forever changing the country.
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26 min - Henry Kissinger vs Jamaica: In The Words of Michael Manley
In 1975, Cuba sent troops to Angola to help them fight against an invasion by apartheid South Africa. Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of State was angry at this, so he set out to get countries to denounce Cuba’s actions. Jamaica was one of these countries. So, in December 1975, Kissinger met with prime minister Michael Manley on the issue. On this episode, we hear from Manley, himself, how this conversation went and the events that occured in its aftermath - events, that forever changed Jamaica.
Michael Manley’s account is taken from, "Jamaica: A Struggle In The Periphery " by Michael Manley. pg 111 to 117
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18 min - The Not So Epic Story of Lady Musgrave Road
In Jamaica, there is the famous Devon House. A historical landmark, it is popular for its patties, the Devon House ice-cream and when the weather is suitable, it also serves as a public park for families. However, there’s a popular story that involves Devon House that most Jamaicans grow up hearing. The story goes that Lady Musgrave, the then governor of Jamaica’s wife, was so angry at seeing Devon House, this grand mansion owned by a black man, that she authorise the building of another road, to avoid driving passed it. And it’s for this reason why the road is known today as Lady Musgrave’s Road. However, as much as the story is popular and accepted by Jamaicans, it’s not true. Then there is the tale of Annie Palmer, the White Witch of Rose Hall - a woman who never existed but whose legend went mainstream when a racist novel was published in the late 1920's.
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37 min - The Hosay Masssacre of 1884
Content Warning: this episode contains mentions of murder, police brutality, indentureship and the abuse of women.
Upon the arrival of large numbers of Indians to the Caribbean, through the Indentureship system, they also brought their religion and other aspect of their culture. Their aversion to not assimilating to whiteness, was seen as a problem by the colonial governments. And no other event in the 1800’s would portray this than the 1884 Hosay Massacre in Trinidad which say agents of the colonial state - the police- turn their guns on Indians taking part in the annual Hosay festival.
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About Lest We Forget
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The Lest We Forget Historical Podcast reflects on past events of the Caribbean and how these events shape the society we live in today.