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As recovery efforts continue for those affected by Hurricane Melissa, donations are needed to improve the lives of the impacted.
Here are 3 ways you can donate to Jamaicans in need 👐🏾🤍
Feel free to make us aware of any verified relief efforts!
#HurricaneMelissa
#MelissaRecovery
#RebuildJamaica
Here are 3 ways you can donate to Jamaicans in need 👐🏾🤍
Feel free to make us aware of any verified relief efforts!
#HurricaneMelissa
#MelissaRecovery
#RebuildJamaica
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As recovery efforts continue for those affected by Hurricane Melissa, donations are needed to improve the lives of the impacted.
Here are 3 ways you can donate to Jamaicans in need 👐🏾🤍
Feel free to make us aware of any verified relief efforts!
#HurricaneMelissa
#MelissaRecovery
#RebuildJamaica
Here are 3 ways you can donate to Jamaicans in need 👐🏾🤍
Feel free to make us aware of any verified relief efforts!
#HurricaneMelissa
#MelissaRecovery
#RebuildJamaica
In a brand new Tenants' article, Davey makes the case that D’Angelo’s legacy & influence is not confined to the borders of the United States, as his discography drew upon the unique cultures that exist within the Black diaspora – the Caribbean included
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October 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In a brand new Tenants' article, Davey makes the case that D’Angelo’s legacy & influence is not confined to the borders of the United States, as his discography drew upon the unique cultures that exist within the Black diaspora – the Caribbean included
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In a special episode written by Dr. Fara Dabhoiwala, professor of history at Princeton, we tell the story of Francis Williams, a formerly enslaved Black Jamaican who was among the leading intellectuals of the 1700s & the painting that exposed the racist conspiracy against him & the entire Black race
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In a special episode written by Dr. Fara Dabhoiwala, professor of history at Princeton, we tell the story of Francis Williams, a formerly enslaved Black Jamaican who was among the leading intellectuals of the 1700s & the painting that exposed the racist conspiracy against him & the entire Black race
“It has certainly merited its place among contemporary Jamaican classics that will be remembered in the newly defined literary scene of the 21st century”, writes Keenan Falconer in his review of @dmccaulay.bsky.social's most recent novel, A House for Miss Pauline
Full review on our website
Full review on our website
October 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“It has certainly merited its place among contemporary Jamaican classics that will be remembered in the newly defined literary scene of the 21st century”, writes Keenan Falconer in his review of @dmccaulay.bsky.social's most recent novel, A House for Miss Pauline
Full review on our website
Full review on our website
In a new Tenants’ article, JamaicanLabrat parallels the Philippines to examine how online bullying by loyalists of political parties in Jamaica became a political tactic in the island's recently concluded general election
Trolling for Democracy: A Slippery Slope — Tenement Yaad Media
… a concerning trend has been arising, where the party messaging deteriorates into personal insults and the campaign material is replaced with inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In a new Tenants’ article, JamaicanLabrat parallels the Philippines to examine how online bullying by loyalists of political parties in Jamaica became a political tactic in the island's recently concluded general election
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September 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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As a new school year gets underway, The Yaad tells the story of why Jamaica's fame "bulla & pink milk", as we know it, was discontinued in the nation's public schools.
August 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As a new school year gets underway, The Yaad tells the story of why Jamaica's fame "bulla & pink milk", as we know it, was discontinued in the nation's public schools.
For persons with hearing disabilities or those who just don't like podcasts, a written version for the latest episode of our Checkmate political podcast is now out on our website
Jamaica’s 2025 General Election: The Seats To Watch (Transcript) — Tenement Yaad Media
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August 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For persons with hearing disabilities or those who just don't like podcasts, a written version for the latest episode of our Checkmate political podcast is now out on our website
Listen a clip from the latest episode from our Checkmate Political Podcast
Here, one of the host of the podcast, Keenan Falconer, breaks down the history of one of the most historically competitive constituency seats in Jamaica - St. Andrew Eastern
Here, one of the host of the podcast, Keenan Falconer, breaks down the history of one of the most historically competitive constituency seats in Jamaica - St. Andrew Eastern
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Listen a clip from the latest episode from our Checkmate Political Podcast
Here, one of the host of the podcast, Keenan Falconer, breaks down the history of one of the most historically competitive constituency seats in Jamaica - St. Andrew Eastern
Here, one of the host of the podcast, Keenan Falconer, breaks down the history of one of the most historically competitive constituency seats in Jamaica - St. Andrew Eastern
On this new episode of the Checkmate political podcast, our host Keenan Falconer is flying solo as he draws on statistical data & political history to discuss the six seats most likely to be the most competitive in Jamaica's upcoming general election
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www.tenementyaadmedia.com/checkmate-1/...
August 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
On this new episode of the Checkmate political podcast, our host Keenan Falconer is flying solo as he draws on statistical data & political history to discuss the six seats most likely to be the most competitive in Jamaica's upcoming general election
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/checkmate-1/...
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/checkmate-1/...
Did you know the first Black woman to wear an afro at a global beauty pageant was Jamaican?
At the 1972 Miss Universe competition, Marilyn Wright, a then physiotherapy student at Howard University, represented Jamaica while wearing the hairstyle
Check out our video to learn more
At the 1972 Miss Universe competition, Marilyn Wright, a then physiotherapy student at Howard University, represented Jamaica while wearing the hairstyle
Check out our video to learn more
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Did you know the first Black woman to wear an afro at a global beauty pageant was Jamaican?
At the 1972 Miss Universe competition, Marilyn Wright, a then physiotherapy student at Howard University, represented Jamaica while wearing the hairstyle
Check out our video to learn more
At the 1972 Miss Universe competition, Marilyn Wright, a then physiotherapy student at Howard University, represented Jamaica while wearing the hairstyle
Check out our video to learn more
Most scholarship on the enslavement of Black people in the Caribbean cover the sugar & tobacco industries. But there was another massive industry that was built upon the enslavement of Black people - Salt
Checkout our Lest We Forget episode to learn more
Checkout our Lest We Forget episode to learn more
The Salt 'Plantations' of the Caribbean — Tenement Yaad Media
Most scholarship on Caribbean chattel slavery of enslaved Africans largely covers the sugar and tobacco plantation systems. However, there was another massive industry that was built upon the enslavem...
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August 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Most scholarship on the enslavement of Black people in the Caribbean cover the sugar & tobacco industries. But there was another massive industry that was built upon the enslavement of Black people - Salt
Checkout our Lest We Forget episode to learn more
Checkout our Lest We Forget episode to learn more
In 1838, Jamaica & the other British colonies achieved complete Emancipation
Check out our Lest We Forget episode where we look at the almost 190 years debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of Black enslavement in the Anglophone Caribbean
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Check out our Lest We Forget episode where we look at the almost 190 years debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of Black enslavement in the Anglophone Caribbean
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The Fight for the Emancipation Day Holiday in Jamaica — Tenement Yaad Media
Since August 1st, 1838, Jamaica, and the rest of the British West Indies, achieved emancipation. Since then, it has been ongoing debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of one of the most bru...
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August 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In 1838, Jamaica & the other British colonies achieved complete Emancipation
Check out our Lest We Forget episode where we look at the almost 190 years debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of Black enslavement in the Anglophone Caribbean
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...
Check out our Lest We Forget episode where we look at the almost 190 years debate on the necessity of commemorating the end of Black enslavement in the Anglophone Caribbean
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...
Want to read more fictional works that explores colourism and texturism in the Caribbean region? We have updated our website to include a list of novels, and an acclaimed drama, that has these themes
Now out on our website
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
July 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Want to read more fictional works that explores colourism and texturism in the Caribbean region? We have updated our website to include a list of novels, and an acclaimed drama, that has these themes
Now out on our website
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
July 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Now out on our website
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
In this short story published in the Pepperpot Magazine in 1967, H.G. Shuttle Cock explores what happens when colourism and texturism meets the politics of beauty in 1960s Jamaica.
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/rewind/beaut...
"... in Jamaica & the wider Caribbean, colonialism is not some distant force. It is recent, material, institutional & unique... it is not a metaphor. It is how our courts function, how our schools are structured, how land is distributed & how power moves"
In a new Tenants' article, Clifford James rebuts Dr. Diana Thorburn's article, 'History as a Given'.
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
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As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
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June 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"... in Jamaica & the wider Caribbean, colonialism is not some distant force. It is recent, material, institutional & unique... it is not a metaphor. It is how our courts function, how our schools are structured, how land is distributed & how power moves"
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Definitely worth reading...
In a new Tenants' article, Clifford James rebuts Dr. Diana Thorburn's article, 'History as a Given'.
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
June 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Definitely worth reading...
In a new Tenants' article, Clifford James rebuts Dr. Diana Thorburn's article, 'History as a Given'.
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
June 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In a new Tenants' article, Clifford James rebuts Dr. Diana Thorburn's article, 'History as a Given'.
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
As Clifford writes, "When we say 'history as a given' we imply it has been accounted for, that it is settled - but history is not background music."
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/hist...
A history of Jamaica told entirely through dancehall music:
"... maybe 10 years ago, 5 years even, before Freaky Gyal Part 1, dancehall & Jamaican society, had an entirely different view of oral sex. As such, to understand how this audacious song upended the nation, one has to go back to 1990"
"... maybe 10 years ago, 5 years even, before Freaky Gyal Part 1, dancehall & Jamaican society, had an entirely different view of oral sex. As such, to understand how this audacious song upended the nation, one has to go back to 1990"
Sidewalk is an upcoming video essay series that explores Jamaican society through the arts. The Yaad is pleased to present the podcast version of their first project - Oral Sex As Told By Dancehall - which examines the history of oral sex discourse in Jamaican society through dancehall music
June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A history of Jamaica told entirely through dancehall music:
"... maybe 10 years ago, 5 years even, before Freaky Gyal Part 1, dancehall & Jamaican society, had an entirely different view of oral sex. As such, to understand how this audacious song upended the nation, one has to go back to 1990"
"... maybe 10 years ago, 5 years even, before Freaky Gyal Part 1, dancehall & Jamaican society, had an entirely different view of oral sex. As such, to understand how this audacious song upended the nation, one has to go back to 1990"
Check out this episode of our Lest We Forget History Podcast where we looked at the origins of the Chinese Jamaican community & the discrimination they faced, ultimately leading to the anti-Chinese riots of 1918, 1938 & 1965
A written version is available
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A written version is available
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...
May 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Check out this episode of our Lest We Forget History Podcast where we looked at the origins of the Chinese Jamaican community & the discrimination they faced, ultimately leading to the anti-Chinese riots of 1918, 1938 & 1965
A written version is available
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...
A written version is available
www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...
T.O.K.'s "Chi Chi Man" has quite the history in Jamaican politics. In the early 2000's, it was used as a campaign song by a major political party. We explained this history on our Lest We Forget episode, "Homosexuality In The Jamaican Police Force"
From the podcast transcript:
From the podcast transcript:
May 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
T.O.K.'s "Chi Chi Man" has quite the history in Jamaican politics. In the early 2000's, it was used as a campaign song by a major political party. We explained this history on our Lest We Forget episode, "Homosexuality In The Jamaican Police Force"
From the podcast transcript:
From the podcast transcript:
Sidewalk is an upcoming video essay series that explores Jamaican society through the arts. The Yaad is pleased to present the podcast version of their first project - Oral Sex As Told By Dancehall - which examines the history of oral sex discourse in Jamaican society through dancehall music
May 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sidewalk is an upcoming video essay series that explores Jamaican society through the arts. The Yaad is pleased to present the podcast version of their first project - Oral Sex As Told By Dancehall - which examines the history of oral sex discourse in Jamaican society through dancehall music
In 1951, the Jamaican government began to investigate "homosexual behaviours" in the JCF. Then in 2009, a sitting MP declared the Force was filled with gay men. So on this episode, we look at the century long rumour that the JCF is overrun with queer men
Homosexuality in the Jamaican Police Force — Tenement Yaad Media
By no stretch, is the Jamaica Constabulary Force the most loved civil servant organisation. However, the organisation colonial roots, anti-blackness and the nation’s homophobia have lead to an almost ...
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April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In 1951, the Jamaican government began to investigate "homosexual behaviours" in the JCF. Then in 2009, a sitting MP declared the Force was filled with gay men. So on this episode, we look at the century long rumour that the JCF is overrun with queer men
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I mean, we KNOW there is hardly any of this type of content being produced. I hope they and others can continue to help make our history more accessible and properly curated.
@tenementyaadmedia.com produces amazing historical content focused on people/events in the Caribbean.
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)
April 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I mean, we KNOW there is hardly any of this type of content being produced. I hope they and others can continue to help make our history more accessible and properly curated.
Reposted by Tenement Yaad Media
@tenementyaadmedia.com produces amazing historical content focused on people/events in the Caribbean.
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@tenementyaadmedia.com produces amazing historical content focused on people/events in the Caribbean.
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)
Consider donating to them @ www.patreon.com/tenementyaad... to help them continue this work.
The monthly subscription is affordable too. The tiers are:
1. $160 (US$1)
2. $480 (US$3)
3. $800 (US$5)