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  […] Jamaica: Rex Nettleford?s UN Address – The Life and Times of Michmac recalls being taught by Professor Rex Nettleford and links to his keynote address to the United Nations on the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Jamaica: The Burying Years – Marlon James is forced to consider his own mortality as he enters the stage of life he dubs “The Burying Years”. Jamaica: African/Brazilian Connection – Geoffrey Philp’s Blogspot covers Joel Gondim’s presentation “Color, Identity, and Candomblé in Brazil,” in which he explores how the African connection to Brazil manifests itself in food, music, and religion. Jamaica: TriniJam Biz Club? – “After the doubles and jerk-chicken are over, and the reggae and soca music has stopped, and the wining and dubbing is finished… what else would happen?” asks Fwade at Chronicles from a Caribbean Cubicle, who has a vision for a Trinidad/Jamaica Business Club. Jamaica: Sara Lawrence Replacement? – Sara Lawrence, the medical student who won the coveted Miss Jamaica title and placed sixth for her country at the Miss World pageant last year, has relinquished her crown. YardFlex.com reports that it is the first time in the Jamaican contest’s 23-year history that a winner was dethroned because she was pregnant. […] […]

  3 April 2007, 12:03 pm