The retrospective history of Jamaica
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The history in general of Jamaica
- The Mother of Us All, A History of
Queen Nanny, Chapter 1: Introduction
- By Karla Gottlieb. Africa World Press, 2000. The first chapter
of a study of the obeah leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons
from 1728. Chapter 1 is an introduction concerning the relation
of the Maroons to the colonial powers, their social life, African
heritage, and rebellions. Reviews the framework from which
Jamaican marronage evolved.
- Re-visiting the Christmas Rebellion
- By Dionne Jackson Miller, IPS. On 27 December 1831 a rebellion
at Kensington in St. James forever changed the face of slavery,
not only in Jamaica, but the entire Caribbean, and the Americas.
Sam Sharpe, spiritual leader of the rebellion, is today a
Jamaican national hero.
- No Mass Tribute for a Hero
- By Howard Campbell, IPS. Token commemorations once again marked
Marcus Garvey's Aug 12 1888 birth date throughout Jamaica, with the
Rastafarian community's observance of his 112th birthday being
the most pronounced. Many Jamaicans are ignorant of his
contributions even though he is the countrys first national
- Book on Founding Father of Rastafarians
- By Howard Campbell, IPS. A detailed book on the life of Leonard Howell,
a charismatic religious leader acknowledged as one of the founding
fathers of the rastafarian religion in the Caribbean. Howell died
in obscurity in 1981 aged 84, but his work as a pioneer in the cause
of the embattled sect remains vivid in the minds of rastafarians
even though he was ostracised at the time of his death.
Surveys of Jamaican history
- By Veront Satchell, Africana.com, 1999. A brief history, covering
from the late 15th to the end of the 20th century.
- Review of Werner Zips, Black Rebels: African-Caribbean
- Reviewed By Leslie R. James, DePauw University, in The North
Star. A significant contribution to the literature on the
Jamaican Maroons. The fundamental continuity and interface between
traditional African religion and cultural resistance in Maroon
culture. A successful history of resistance rather than a history