Diaspora organisation, the Jamaica Progressive League is facing an uphill struggle to survive as it has failed to attract new members and is unable, at times, to carry out its business. Sadi Campbell, president of the League, has acknowledged that.
I first met Michael “Ibo” Cooper in 1970 when the band leader and keyboard player for the Inner Circle band. At the time the band always practiced at the home of the Lewis brothers, Roger and Ian, near the campus University of the West Indies at Mona in Kingston.
Jamaica's independence dates back to August 6, 1962, when the nation achieved sovereignty from British rule after being a British colony for over three centuries.
This is the time of year when we reflect on two turning points in our history as a people: the end to legal slavery in the 1830s, and the formal end of colonialism in the 1960s. We must be careful not to romanticise these two events; both brought.