jamaica - Videos - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-29T13:03:13Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/videos/feed/tag/jamaicaJamaica Diaspora Conference 2015 seen on BobArtsTV 2015 from Montego Bay Jamaicahttps://www.theblacklist.net/videos/jamaica-diaspora-2015-ras-astor-black-2015-07-09T12:59:24.000Z2015-07-09T12:59:24.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3828943241?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div>Jamaica Diaspora 2015 Ras Astor Black BobArtsTV</div>A PARADISE STOLEN. Life in Pinnacle, Jamaica - Documentary trailerhttps://www.theblacklist.net/videos/a-paradise-stolen-life-in-pinnacle-jamaica-documentary-trailer2015-06-21T13:45:10.000Z2015-06-21T13:45:10.000ZSendMeYourNewshttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/SendMeYourNews<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3828943193?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div>Childhood memories of the first rasta community in Jamaica settled in the 1940-1950's.</div>Junior Murvin, Reggae Great, Dies at Home in Jamaica: His timeless hit "Police and Thieves" lives on in film and memoryhttps://www.theblacklist.net/videos/junior-murvin-reggae-great-dies-at-home-in-jamaica-his-timeless-h2013-12-05T18:57:01.000Z2013-12-05T18:57:01.000ZTheBlackList-Publisherhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackListPublisher<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3828936550?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div>Reggae great Junior Murvin reportedly died Monday morning at his home in Portland Parish, Jamaica. The falsetto singer born Murvin Junior Smith in 1949 was best known for his 1976 classic "Police and Thieves," recorded by Lee "Scratch" Perry and famously covered by the Clash on their self-titled debut the following year. He released a handful of notable albums and singles over the years — his last being 1998's "Wise Man" — often exploring his country's issues with politics and crime. <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/junior-murvin-dead-reggae-police-thieves-rip/">http://www.spin.com/articles/junior-murvin-dead-reggae-police-thieves-rip/</a></div>The First Rasta, The Movie, now available.https://www.theblacklist.net/videos/the-first-rasta-the-movie-now2011-04-28T03:09:49.000Z2011-04-28T03:09:49.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3828919074?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><embed wmode="opaque" class="xj_video_embed" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/video/flvplayer/flvplayer.swf?v=201104212158" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="456" height="260" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"> <br /><small></small><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EuoKAuJsvxU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
<p>10 years after his book THE FIRST RASTA, journalist Helen Lee leaves for Jamaica, handheld camera, in the footsteps of Leonard Percival Howell, initiator and catalyst of the Rastafari Movement, considered by some as its founder. Between archive footage and meetings with those who knew him and crossed, Helen Lee directed a documentary strong, exciting and touching on the fascinating life and personality of the FIRST RASTA. Although conventional clichés and stereotypes, Helen Lee invited to discover a prominent figure of the Rastafarian movement and unavoidable long obscured. A man who, beyond the founding of the first Rastafarian community of Pinnacle, laid the foundation for thinking global justice ... 'The First Rasta' movie will be out on the April 27th on French screens. The DVD is planned for the fall, include, in addition to an English version (audio and subtitles), an extensive bonus of original Rasta music and an interview with Hélène Lee.</p></div>Street Food - Kingstonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/videos/street-food-kingston2009-01-06T20:00:19.000Z2009-01-06T20:00:19.000ZTheBlackListhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/TheBlackList<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3828913155?profile=RESIZE_180x180&width=120"></div><div>Watch part two:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0rt-H_eRQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0rt-H_eRQ</a>
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The island of Jamaica may be only 150 miles long with a population of less than 3 million, but it has captured the hearts and imaginations of many.
With luminaries such as Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley, Jamaicans are proud of their cultural and religious heritage. This is the home of reggae and Rastafarianism; food seasoning and jerk.
Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk. Street-side 'jerk stands' are common throughout Jamaica, particularly in the capital, Kingston.
Jamaican cuisine features cooking techniques, flavours, spices and influences from each of the many waves of immigration to the island.
Christopher Columbus visited Jamaica many times and described the cuisine of the Taínos, the country's indigenous inhabitants. The Spanish contributed dishes such as vinegary escovitch fish; later English influences developed the Jamaican patty; African cuisine developed on the island as a result of waves of slavery and Chinese and East Indian influences can also be found in Jamaican cuisine, as a result of indentured labourers who replaced slaves after emancipation.
The cuisine reflects a vibrant, multi-ethnic society - but there is a dark side. Jamaica has one of the highest murder rates in the world and the country is plagued by widespread poverty and crime.
Luxury tourist resorts contrast with densely-populated and impoverished ghettos. Armed gangs thrive in places like Trench Town and Tivoli, bullet-riddled inner city areas of Kingston.
Street Food - Kingston reveals the culture, the community and the dark underbelly of life in Jamaica – all through the island's cuisine.
Street Food - Kingston can be seen at the following times GMT:
Friday, December 26: 2230; Saturday, December 27: 0730, 1900; Sunday, December 28: 0130, 1230; Monday, December 29: 0630, 1430, 2330,</div>