Jamaican History February 2005

February 2005
WEEK I
- Heart of Kingston
- Long Johnny
- James Augustus Harris
- 'Teacher'
- Joseph Golden
- the Callaloo Man
- a modern Micawber
WEEK II
- Poor Man's Theatre
- Sergeant David
- 'Big Tree' [incomplete]
- Poor man's City Club [incomplete]
- Foga, Maroon prodigy
- Cyril Brown
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The 'Big Tree' men and boys

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The caption to this picture reads 'Banyan-Tree Kingston Park' but whether it is in fact the infamous banyan in Parade Gardens, I cannot say.
 
 
More about the 'Big Tree' later . . . . 

Click on the book for a poem (no. 2) by Claude McKay about the 'big-tree' boys

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. . . people to remember

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