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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 13/03/2025

New Lest We Forget episode is out In 2004, Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley released the lead single off his upcoming 3rd studio album, "Welcome to Jamrock". But although it became a global hit, back home in Jamaica, sections of society had a different opinion www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 02/03/2025

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?

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 25/02/2025

The Yaad expresses condolences to the loved ones of Valerie Neita Robertson, KC. For the past 2 years, we have been documenting her efforts in the '70s, as while a student at Wolmer's Girls’, she helped organise one of the largest students protest after Wolmer’s barred Black girls from wearing afros

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 20/02/2025

NEW EPISODE OUT Due to certain events, the 1970s saw thousands of West Indians emigrating or seeking refugee status in the U.S. But Haitians would soon realise that the U.S. immigration & refugee system did not work the same when it comes to them www.tenementyaadmedia.com/lest-we-forg...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 16/02/2025

Our historical podcast, Lest We Forget, returns this Wednesday with a brand new episode From its cover art below, can you you guess the topic we will be covering?

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 29/01/2025

As the region mourn his death, The Yaad revisits one of Sir Roy Augier's most lauded research “The Rastafari Movement in Kingston Jamaica” - the first major study on Rastafari, published by the Institute of Social & Economic Research at the then University College Of West Indies (now UWI Mona)

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 12/01/2025

In a new Tenants article, Tedecia Bromfield @estrellalune.bsky.social states that alleged UHC CEO shooter, Luigi Mangione & Ivanhoe Martin (the protagonist of the 1972 Jamaican film, The Harder They Come) embody the archetype of the anti-hero in similar ways www.tenementyaadmedia.com/tenants/from...

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 19/12/2024

The First Afro-Wearing Global Beauty Queens

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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 17/12/2024

Brand New Lest We Forget Episode In 1838, Jamaica & the other British colonies, achieved Emancipation. So on this episode, 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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Tenement Yaad Media @tenementyaadmedia.com · 06/12/2024

Given recent events in The Bahamas, a throwback to October 1968 when SE Westmoreland MP, Maxwell Sylvester Carey, removed the Jamaican parliamentary Mace, to protest the government's ban on the Guyanese history professor, Dr. Walter Rodney To note, Dr. Rodney's ban is still in effect

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