Peter Hulme's edition of W. Adolphe Roberts' autobiography, These Many Years, has been published by the University of the West Indies Press. This account of Roberts' fascinating and peripatetic Caribbean life (1886-1962) offers a compelling glimpse into a crucial period in the region's cultural and political history. W. Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was a prolific writer upoet, novelist,…
Marley hoped the star-studded concert, held in Kingston, Jamaica in 1978, could help bring stability to a politically divided, violence-stricken country.
Over the years there have been repeated calls for the late reggae icon Robert Nesta Marley to be named a national hero. Jamaica currently has seven national heroes Nanny of the Maroons, George William Gordon, Sam Sharpe, Paul Bogle, Marcus Garvey, Sir Alexander Bustamante, and Norman Manley. In an interview with the Jamaica Observer on the red carpet at the worldwide première of the biopic Bob Marley: One Love.
WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of this year’s anticipated local government elections, the People’s National Party’s [PNP] leadership is urging supporters not to be overtaken by internal grievances or differences of opinion, but to be unified and steadfast.