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Lorna Goodison is a Jamaican poet, essayist and memoirist, who was Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2017 to 2020. She has won several awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize and the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize.
Carl Douglas is a Jamaican-British singer who had a worldwide hit in 1974 with "Kung Fu Fighting", a disco song inspired by martial arts films. He also released two other albums and several singles, but is mostly known as a one-hit wonder.
The victims all hailed from the Higholborn Street and Gold Street areas of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) stronghold of South Side community in downtown Kingston.They were identified as being too closely linked to the opposition JLP and were singled out as being prime targets for assassination by members of the leading Peoples National Party (then headed by the now deceased Michael Manley).
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island.
Barbara Joy Goodison was the eldest of nine siblings, born in Malvern, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, to Doris (née Harvey) and Vivian M. Goodison. [3] Her father worked as a chauffeur and mechanic and Goodison grew up in a middle-class family.
"Head-Quarter House, Kingston", illustration of article "Cast-away in Jamaica" by W.E. Sewell, in Harper's Magazine, January 1861. Hibbert House. Headquarters House or "Hibbert House", as it was known up to the time of the owner's death, stands as a reminder of the wealth and power of the Kingston merchants in their glory days.
Sister Nancy is the first female dancehall DJ and a "dominating female voice" on the scene. She is known for her songs "Bam Bam", "One Two" and "Money Can't Buy Me Love", and has collaborated with various artists and producers.
Toots Hibbert was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who led the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. He was a reggae pioneer who wrote and performed songs such as "Do the Reggay", "Pressure Drop", and "54-46 That's My Number".