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My brother Michael Lee-Chin’s book, The Way of Wealth: Stories and Strategies on the Path to a Billion (HarperCollins Canada), is Number One on Amazon’s Black & African American Biographies bestsellers. Stories and lessons of Port Antonio and beyond. A fantastic journey. #Jamaica #MichaelLeeChin #Caribbean
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With this weekend’s hat-trick, Bunny Shaw has officially outscored EIGHT WSL clubs, including Arsenal and Manchester United. One of the most dangerous and prolific strikers in women’s soccer 🤯🌟
📸: @ManCityWomen
📸: @ManCityWomen
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Jobi McAnuff, #Jamaican footballer, born Joel Joshua Frederick Melvin McAnuff 45 years ago on 9 Nov 1981, in London, England. played for Wimbledon, West Ham, Cardiff, Crystal Palace, Watford, Reading, Leyton Orient, Stevenage; 32 caps for #ReggaeBoyz #Jamaica #Caribbean 4
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Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton, #Jamaican-American hip hop artist, actress, born 57 years ago today on 9 Nov 1969, in #Kingston. Member of female rap trio Salt-n-Pepa. Debut album 'Hot, Cool & Vicious' sold >million copies; first female rap act to achieve gold &platinum. 4th album 'Very Necessary' ng by female rap act in history. #Jamaica #Caribbean
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Roy Richards (9 Nov 1941 – 25 May 2007) #Jamaican singer, harmonica player, drummer, widely regarded as #Jamaica’s finest harmonica player in #ska, #rocksteady and #reggae.
Born in Clarksonville, St Ann, Richards was blind from birth. He reportedly sang from early childhood and age performer, repeatedly winning the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest with his harmonica playing. Like many winners of the programme, he moved quickly into recording, working with producers Vincent "Randy" Chin and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd.
Through the 1960s he became a fixture of Kingston's studio and stage scene. He toured with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, worked with Baba Brooks' band, and led his own group, Roy Richards and the Ramblers.
His Studio One output included "Half and Half" with Jackie Mittoo (1965), "Rubber Dub" (1966) and an unusual harmonica reading of Gershwin's "Summertime". "Contact" (1967) and "Port O Jam" (1967) gave him wider exposure, including in Britain.
As a vocalist he scored hits with "Freedom Blues" and "Hundred Pounds", and he recorded duets with Paulette March and Enid Cumberland, including a country-flavoured Studio One session in 1968.
Often called the "Jamaican Stevie Wonder", Richards kept performing in theatres and venues across the island into the 1970s. He died at his home in St Ann. His work has since been rediscovered through Studio One reissues and compilations.
Born in Clarksonville, St Ann, Richards was blind from birth. He reportedly sang from early childhood and age performer, repeatedly winning the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest with his harmonica playing. Like many winners of the programme, he moved quickly into recording, working with producers Vincent "Randy" Chin and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd.
Through the 1960s he became a fixture of Kingston's studio and stage scene. He toured with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, worked with Baba Brooks' band, and led his own group, Roy Richards and the Ramblers.
His Studio One output included "Half and Half" with Jackie Mittoo (1965), "Rubber Dub" (1966) and an unusual harmonica reading of Gershwin's "Summertime". "Contact" (1967) and "Port O Jam" (1967) gave him wider exposure, including in Britain.
As a vocalist he scored hits with "Freedom Blues" and "Hundred Pounds", and he recorded duets with Paulette March and Enid Cumberland, including a country-flavoured Studio One session in 1968.
Often called the "Jamaican Stevie Wonder", Richards kept performing in theatres and venues across the island into the 1970s. He died at his home in St Ann. His work has since been rediscovered through Studio One reissues and compilations.
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A longstanding issue for property owners in #Jamaica.
Well-known attorney Gordon Brown says armed gang members from outside the community are thwarting his six-year-long effort to curb squatting on sections of 167 acres of land he owns in Flamingo Beach, Trelawny. Even a private security firm, he said, has refused the job of from being further overrun.
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9 - Four of Khadija Shaw's record nine WSL hat-tricks have been 'perfect', the only player to net more than one in the competition's history.
Extraordinaire. #OptaOnWSL
Extraordinaire. #OptaOnWSL
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Flourgon, #Jamaican #dancehall artist, born Michael May 62 years ago today, on 8 Nov 1964, in #Kingston. Best known for "We Run Things" (1988). Sampled without attribution in Miley Cyrus's global hit “We Can't Stop," leading to US$300m lawsuit, 2020 settlement. #Jamaica o/3TwXBnCOUQ
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Afua Cooper, #Jamaican-Canadian historian, educator, author, poet, activist, born 69 years ago today on 8 Nov 1957, in Westmoreland. #Jamaica #Caribbean
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Cy Grant (8 Nov 1919 – 13 Feb 2010), #Guyanese actor, musician, writer, poet, barrister, RAF veteran, born 107 years ago today, in Beterverwagting, British Guiana. 1950s became first Black artist to feature regularly on UK television with his appearances on BBC current affairs #Caribbean
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Ernest Allan Rae (8 Nov 1897 – 28 Jun 1969) #Jamaican cricketer, born 129 years ago today, in Kingston. Represented #WestIndies before they attained Test match status; member of team that toured England 1928. Father of Allan Fitzroy Rae who played 15 Tests for #Windies. #Jamaica tps://t.co/pCg61W0x2i
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Tacius Golding (8 Nov 1900 – 6 Oct 1995) #Jamaican teacher, politician, born 126 years ago today in Bellas Gate, St. Catherine. Graduate of Mico Teacher’s College; 1949 elected to House of Representatives; 1962 Independent #Jamaica’s first Speaker of the House. #Caribbean
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Diana King, international chart-topping #Jamaican singer, born 56 years ago today on 8 Nov 1970, in Spanish Town. In 2012 King became the first Jamaican LGBT artist to come out publicly. She notes it as one of her proudest moments. #Jamaica #Caribbean #Reggae
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Beverley Manley Duncan, #Jamaican journalist, social activist, born Beverly Anderson 85 years ago today on 8 Nov 1941. 1970s a driving force behind Jamaica’s maternity leave legislation. 1991 co-founded influential radio talk show, ‘The Breakfast Club’. #Jamaica #Caribbean
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George Sylvester Davis, #Jamaican broadcast journalist, producer, media executive born 46 years ago today on 8 Nov 1980, in St. Catherine. Recognised for his versatility across news, current affairs, sports, and entertainment.
Davis received his early education at Marlie Mount n Grant High School, and St. Joseph’s High School in St. Catherine. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and International Business from the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech).
He began his media career at Nationwide News Network in 2005, initially in the sports department before expanding into news and current affairs. At Nationwide he served as news and current affairs editor and host of flagship programs including Nationwide This Morning and Nationwide at 5. He later held executive producer and hosting roles at SportsMax (leading the popular weekday SportsMax Zone magazine show), CVM TV (Lead Story), and CEEN TV. Davis has also written columns for The Gleaner.
Among his notable accomplishments, Davis has covered multiple Jamaican general and local government elections as well as general elections in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. He has provided commentary and analysis for major international and regional sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup, Summer and Winter Olympics, Copa América, and numerous local track-and-field and football competitions, and has interviewed regional political leaders and sports figures.
After thirteen years in the profession he was elected the youngest president of the Press Association of Jamaica, serving two consecutive terms.
In 2026 Davis was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD), #Jamaica’s fifth-highest national honour, in recognition of his contributions to media and communication.
He currently serves as Deputy Executive Producer/Editor at Nationwide News Network.
Davis received his early education at Marlie Mount n Grant High School, and St. Joseph’s High School in St. Catherine. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and International Business from the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech).
He began his media career at Nationwide News Network in 2005, initially in the sports department before expanding into news and current affairs. At Nationwide he served as news and current affairs editor and host of flagship programs including Nationwide This Morning and Nationwide at 5. He later held executive producer and hosting roles at SportsMax (leading the popular weekday SportsMax Zone magazine show), CVM TV (Lead Story), and CEEN TV. Davis has also written columns for The Gleaner.
Among his notable accomplishments, Davis has covered multiple Jamaican general and local government elections as well as general elections in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. He has provided commentary and analysis for major international and regional sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup, Summer and Winter Olympics, Copa América, and numerous local track-and-field and football competitions, and has interviewed regional political leaders and sports figures.
After thirteen years in the profession he was elected the youngest president of the Press Association of Jamaica, serving two consecutive terms.
In 2026 Davis was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD), #Jamaica’s fifth-highest national honour, in recognition of his contributions to media and communication.
He currently serves as Deputy Executive Producer/Editor at Nationwide News Network.
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Bunny’s ninth WSL hat trick. Twelve goals in nine matches so far this season. Bunny doing Bunny things. #KhadijaShaw #BunnyShaw #Jamaica
Our number 9's ninth @BarclaysWSL hat-trick 🎩
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#Jamaican Rachel Scott's 2026 win as American Womenswear Designer of the Year at the CFDA Fashion Awards, her second in the category after 2024, confirms what the industry has sensed for some time: one of American fashion's most influential voices comes from #Kingston, #Jamaica.
Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, founded in 1981 are the “Oscars of Fashion.”
Scott was born 17 Jan 1984, raised in #Jamaica by parents Ruth and Junior Scott attended Campion College, but the island's limited professional openings in fashion pushed her abroad. She left for Colgate College in upstate New York with an internship at Vogue, and later trained in fashion design at Milan's Istituto Marangoni. Work at Costume National and a corporate career followed, building the discipline she would later bring to her own label.
She founded Diotima, a ready-to-wear line crafted between Jamaica and New York. It joins Jamaican craft, including crochet made with artisans on the island, to structured New York tailoring, and one profile called it her protest, her activism, and her autobiography.
The honours came quickly: CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year in 2023, Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2024, and an LVMH Prize finalist place in 2023. In 2025 she became creative director of Proenza Schouler, replacing its founders.
Her significance is historical. A young Jamaican woman from a small island, far from the traditional fashion capitals, now leads a landmark American house and has twice won the country's top design prize. She is reportedly Proenza Schouler's first Black female creative director. Her career shows that #Caribbean heritage is a source of fashion's next ideas, not a footnote.
Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, founded in 1981 are the “Oscars of Fashion.”
Scott was born 17 Jan 1984, raised in #Jamaica by parents Ruth and Junior Scott attended Campion College, but the island's limited professional openings in fashion pushed her abroad. She left for Colgate College in upstate New York with an internship at Vogue, and later trained in fashion design at Milan's Istituto Marangoni. Work at Costume National and a corporate career followed, building the discipline she would later bring to her own label.
She founded Diotima, a ready-to-wear line crafted between Jamaica and New York. It joins Jamaican craft, including crochet made with artisans on the island, to structured New York tailoring, and one profile called it her protest, her activism, and her autobiography.
The honours came quickly: CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year in 2023, Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2024, and an LVMH Prize finalist place in 2023. In 2025 she became creative director of Proenza Schouler, replacing its founders.
Her significance is historical. A young Jamaican woman from a small island, far from the traditional fashion capitals, now leads a landmark American house and has twice won the country's top design prize. She is reportedly Proenza Schouler's first Black female creative director. Her career shows that #Caribbean heritage is a source of fashion's next ideas, not a footnote.
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Anthony Horace "Sangie" Davis, #Jamaican record producer, songwriter, musician, born 82 years ago today on 7 Nov 1944. Best known as the co-writer of #BobMarley's "Wake Up and Live."
Davis was born in Denham Town, a working-class community in west Kingston. He met Marley in 1960s, and by the time Marley visited him he was living in Grants Pen, St Andrew.
Davis is best known for "Wake Up and Live," the closing track of Marley's album Survival (1979). By his own account, the song took shape during a drive from Kingston towards Marley's birthplace of Nine Mile. A billboard near the Ferry police station gave them the title, and the song was reportedly completed without being written down. Davis later recorded at Tuff Gong Studio in 1979. His song "Jingling Keys" stayed unreleased until Horus Records issued it in 2023.
He later wrote and produced for other artists, and his credits include Sophia George's "Girlie Girlie." He has been associated with Dennis Brown and Nadine Sutherland. Davis has also performed as a guitarist and backing vocalist, working with the Twelve Tribes of Israel Band alongside artists such as Fred Locks. He is credited as a mixing engineer on Trojan compilations of Lee "Scratch" Perry's productions.
A Rastafari elder, Davis has performed with the Inna de Yard collective. He has continued to produce, among others the singer Ornella (2022) and American artist Rivas (2026). He has argued that Jamaican musicians have drifted from their roots because the island's music carries little weight with international record companies.
Davis was born in Denham Town, a working-class community in west Kingston. He met Marley in 1960s, and by the time Marley visited him he was living in Grants Pen, St Andrew.
Davis is best known for "Wake Up and Live," the closing track of Marley's album Survival (1979). By his own account, the song took shape during a drive from Kingston towards Marley's birthplace of Nine Mile. A billboard near the Ferry police station gave them the title, and the song was reportedly completed without being written down. Davis later recorded at Tuff Gong Studio in 1979. His song "Jingling Keys" stayed unreleased until Horus Records issued it in 2023.
He later wrote and produced for other artists, and his credits include Sophia George's "Girlie Girlie." He has been associated with Dennis Brown and Nadine Sutherland. Davis has also performed as a guitarist and backing vocalist, working with the Twelve Tribes of Israel Band alongside artists such as Fred Locks. He is credited as a mixing engineer on Trojan compilations of Lee "Scratch" Perry's productions.
A Rastafari elder, Davis has performed with the Inna de Yard collective. He has continued to produce, among others the singer Ornella (2022) and American artist Rivas (2026). He has argued that Jamaican musicians have drifted from their roots because the island's music carries little weight with international record companies.
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Rio Ferdinand, Legendary English footballer, frustrated Man U fan, born 48 years ago today on 7 Nov 1978, to Irish Mum, #SaintLucian Dad. Played for West Ham, Bournemouth, Leeds, QPR; most notably 12 years at #ManchesterUnited where he won six EPL titles, 14 trophies. 81 England tLucia #Caribbean #RioFerdinand
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