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  • Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians: Continuity and Discontinuity
  • Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940-Influence;Rastafari movement; Black nationalism-History-20th century; Blacks-Politics and government-20th century.
  • This paper examines the political aspects of the origins of the Rastafarian movement at a time when the Garvey movement was in decline in the 1930s. Its main intentions are to .underscore ways in which Garveyism has affected the evolution of...
  • Rupert Lewis Collection
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  • Notes on Reparations and the Durban Conference
  • Slaves-Caribbean Area-History; Reparations for historical injustices; Black nationalism; Race discrimination
  • This paper highlights successful reparations for injustices to humanity and makes a case for compensation for the Atlantic slave trade. It also mentions the Durban Conference held August 31-September 7, 2001, which focused on the global fight...
  • Rupert Lewis Collection
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  • Our ancestors and their migration.
  • Slavery-Jamaica-History-19th Century; Jamaica-History; Jamaica-Civilization
  • This research examines the origins of the majority of the Jamaican population, finding that the majority are of African descent. It also discusses how their influence shaped Jamaica's culture.
  • Rupert Lewis Collection
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  • Ed is coming home
  • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
  • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • World's End
  • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
  • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Reflections on the Rebellion in St. Thomas in the East for today, July 11, 2004.
  • Insurgency-Jamaica-History; Slave insurrections-Jamaica-History-18th century; Jamaica-History-Morant Bay rebellion, 1865-1866;Maroons-Jamaica; Heroes-Jamaica; Jamaica-History
  • The causes and structures of slave revolts in Jamaica are discussed in this article. It also looks into the role of Maroons in slave uprisings. It questions if we can have a non-violent Morant Bay Rebellion today, and says that in order to have...
  • Rupert Lewis Collection
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  • Spotlight Vol.11 No.2 1930
  • Caribbean Area-Periodicals; Caribbean Area-Economic conditions; Caribbean Area-Politics and government-20th century; Caribbean Area-Social conditions; Education, Higher-Caribbean Area; West Indian literature (English); University College of the...
  • Monthly news magazine of Jamaica and the Caribbean
  • Newspapers - Spotlight
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  • Women in Gibraltar Hall common room, 1950.
  • Student housing - Jamaica; Gibraltar Hall (Jamaica); Lowe, Muriel; Brown, Yvonne; Clarke, Betty; Thomas, Cicely; Theobalds, Norma.
  • *Women seated in the Women’s Common Room, Gibraltar Hall. From left to right are Muriel Lowe,?, Yvonne Brown, Bethy Clarke, Cecily Thomas and Norma Theobalds. Gibraltar Hall was the first Hall of Residence at UWI Mona. The UCWI was built on the...
  • UWI Historical Photographs Collection

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