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Check out this new trailer of an upcoming documentary about German heritage and history in Jamaica. “German Town The Lost Story Of Seaford Town Jamaica” is a full length documentary that explores the history of German heritage and history within Westmoreland, Jamaica. Deep within the isolated undeveloped mountains of Westmoreland

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Thanks to YardEdge contributor, Opal Palmer Adisa, for this reflection on being a Jamaican in Paris… Last August, while alternating between relaxing, meditating and writing in Luxembourg Garden in Paris, I was interrupted from my reverie by a stranger who asked if I were Parisian. Without a moment’s hesitation I

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Jamaicans on the Edge

YardEdge again welcomes writer Opal Palmer Adisa for this article on Jamaican American Maurice Ashley,  International Chess Grandmaster, a fitting story to celebrate Jamaica 50! The first ten years of a child’s life defines and imprints him. Wherever he goes thereafter, whatever he becomes is somehow influenced by those initial defining years.

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