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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 16/09/2026

Sidewalk is an upcoming video essay series that explores shifting discourse in Jamaican society through the arts 🎭🎶🎨💃🏾 Lest We Forget is pleased to present the podcast version of their second installment- The History of Music Censorship in Jamaica. Visit the link below 🎧!

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 17/08/2026

NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨 In September 2024, a series of protests rocked the island of Martinique. These protests are a part of a national tradition where in modern Martinican history, citizens have always organised protests over social issues, economic conditions and racial inequality in their society.

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 21/05/2026

For the very first time in Jamaican history, a political candidate was violently targeted in 1976 - forever changing the island’s society. Check out the latest episode of the Lest We Forget podcast, where we talk about the 1976 Shooting of Mike Henry 🎧

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 16/05/2026

On this episode of our Lest We Forget, we tell the story of Mike’s Nyamburgers - one of the most popular fast food establishments in the early 1970’s Jamaica. Though , forgotten in history, Mike’s helped lay the groundwork for the island’s fast food industry today 🍔🍟

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 29/04/2026

For decades, bribery accusations while on duty have long plague Jamaican police officers who are assigned road duties. But back in 1997, these allegations went global and it involve one of music’s most influential voices - Sade Adu. Visit our website to listen or read! 🎧⬇️

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 07/04/2026

In 1979, the biggest news out of the Caribbean was the Grenadian Revolution but there was was another uprising that took place that year & this time it happened on the other country in the Grenadian archipelago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Visit the link below to listen 🎧

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 31/03/2026

On this episode, host Cliff and Keenan, are joined by Ronaldinho to discuss Jamaica's 2026-2027 budget debate; and the effectiveness of these plans in the wake of the Hurricane Melissa's destruction of the island. Visit the Checkmate link 🔗 below to listen! 🎧

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 23/01/2026

Step into the story behind HERO with our Q&A featuring director Frances-Anne Solomon. Read the full interview and explore the legacy of Mr. Ulric Cross. www.tenementyaadmedia.com/creatives/qa...

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Frances-Anne Solomon on the making of HERO — Tenement Yaad Media

The Yaad speaks to the filmmaker, Frances-Anne Solomon on her acclaimed film, “Hero: The Extraordinary Life of Mr. Ulrich Cross”

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 21/01/2026

From Jada Kingdom’s Still Searching to Protoje’s At We Feet, January feels like Jr. Gong appreciation month. It’s the perfect time to revisit our episode, “Welcome to Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica,” Listen now and learn why his legacy is still unfolding 🎧

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 05/01/2026

Today marks the 48th anniversary of the Green Bay Massacre. On January 5, 1978, five men were killed by the Military Intelligence Unit. In our podcast episode, we revisit what happened at Green Bay and examine how its aftermath shaped public consciousness in the turbulent 1970s.

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 14/11/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 23/10/2025

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 www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/dang...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 09/10/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 05/10/2025

“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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 15/09/2025

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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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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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 12/09/2025

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 31/08/2025

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.

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 27/08/2025

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

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Jamaica’s 2025 General Election: The Seats To Watch (Transcript) — Tenement Yaad Media

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 24/08/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 20/08/2025

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/...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 06/08/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 03/08/2025

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

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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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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 01/08/2025

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...

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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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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 21/07/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 13/07/2025

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...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 12/06/2025

"... 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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Susan Goffe @susangoffe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Definitely worth reading...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 09/06/2025

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...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 03/06/2025

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"

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 31/05/2025

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...

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The Three Times An Anti-Chinese Riot Took Place In Jamaica — Tenement Yaad Media

The circumstances that led to Jamaica’s three anti-Chinese riots in 1918, 1938 and 1965

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 27/05/2025

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:

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 22/05/2025

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

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 29/04/2025

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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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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Khaleel @khaleel.social · 25/04/2025

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.

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Khaleel @khaleel.social · 25/04/2025

@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)

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 17/04/2025

A new Lest We Forget episode is now on your podcast feed To understand the root of political corruption on the island, we look at the 1952 historic court case when modern Jamaica had its first politician to be found guilty on fraud charges www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 08/04/2025

Before he was 'Sonny T' in Royal Palm Estate, one of Munair Zacca’s first screen role was in the 1973 James Bond film, Live and Let Die which was partially filmed in Jamaica

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Khaleel @khaleel.social · 08/04/2025

@tenementyaadmedia.com I loved the lastest Ralphy episode. I love these little trips back into history, especially around this time in our region. For anyone wondering which one of the Ralphy episodes I was talking about, it's this one: open.spotify.com/episode/6PQH...

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The Censorship Years of Comrade Ralph

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Average Barbie 💁🏿‍♀️ @drealnikkim.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just listened to this episode it was so interesting! Ralph Gonsalves biography is definitely one id like to read I remember watching a Walter Rodney documentary and saw pictures of the protest and recognized 2 faces, Arnold Bertram and his. Sn: didn’t know Bruce Golding was that established lol

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 07/04/2025

For person with hearing disabilities and persons who don't like podcasts, the written version of our latest Lest We Forget episode, "The Censorship Years of Comrade Ralph" is now out on our website

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The Censorship Years of Comrade Ralph — Tenement Yaad Media

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 02/04/2025

YouTube version of the latest episode of our Lest We Forget history podcast is now out Great listen to learn why Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was banned in Barbados & how future Jamaican prime ministers, Edward Seaga & Bruce Golding, saved him from deportation in Jamaica

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When Barbados Banned Dr. Ralph Gonsalves | Lest We Forget Podcast

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 28/03/2025

NEW EPISODE Today, St. Vincent & the Grenadines’ prime minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, is one of the region's most respected heads of government. But in the 1970s, this affection was non-existent as he was persona non-grata throughout the Eastern Caribbean www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 26/03/2025

For person with hearing disabilities and persons who don't like podcasts, the written version of our latest Lest We Forget episode, "Welcome to Jamrock: Jr Gong vs Brand Jamaica" is now out on our website

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Welcome to Jamrock: Jr Gong vs Brand Jamaica (Transcript) — Tenement Yaad Media

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 23/03/2025

Our historical podcast, Lest We Forget, has a new episode dropping this week From its cover art below, can you guess the topic we will be covering? Bonus if you actually know who this is

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 22/03/2025

YouTube version of the latest episode of our Lest We Forget history podcast, "Welcome To Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica", is now out on the channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjN...

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Welcome To Jamrock: Jr. Gong vs Brand Jamaica | Lest We Forget Podcast

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 18/03/2025

"The 2002 cult classic starred Jr Gong’s brother, Ky-Mani Marley. Important to this episode however, is that Stephen Marley oversaw the film's music. And it’s in the opening scene of Shottas, an aariel view of Kingston's inner city, that the world first heard a snippet of Welcome to Jamrock"

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Khaleel @khaleel.social · 14/03/2025

Thanks for releasing it. As always, big up @dvjt.bsky.social for the work on it too. I loved the episode and it reminds me of a lot of the foolishness that was going on around it. Also, remember to add that you're on BlueSky in the sign-off as well.

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Average Barbie 💁🏿‍♀️ @drealnikkim.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Just got through listening and I really enjoyed it! So nostalgic, I was a teenager when all this was going on and trust me, I remember the controversy…dem day deh, Rass Kassa was directing almost every music video! Almost shed a tear when Ian Boyne was mentioned…miss him everyday 😔

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