UPCOMING EVENTS

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9/7/2022 @ 8PM EST -  MUST WATCH 

Jamaica Heroes Modernized BACK THE CULTURE Show with the Louise Bennett-Coverley and The Institute of Jamaica under the patronage of the Consulate General of Jamaica Miami celebrate the 103rd birthday of Jamaican Icon Rt. Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, OM, OJ, MBE. 

Jamaica’s cultural icons and stalwarts pay tribute  from their personal relationship with Miss Lou and share how she contributed to the Jamaican culture and identity. 

Appearances and Performers

✅ Consul General Miami Oliver Mair  

✅ Hosted by Dr. Amina Blackwood-Meeks  

✅ Oliver Samuels - Jamaica's King of Comedy  

✅ Marjorie Whylie - NDTC Musical Director - worked closely with Miss Lou 

✅ Joan Andrea Hutchinson - Poet, Story Teller and arguably Miss Lou's predecessor 

✅  Vivian Crawford - Institute of Jamaica Executive Director 

✅ Fae Ellington - Jamaican TV Broadcaster Extraordinaire 

✅ Owen "Blakka" Ellis - Comedian Actor who worked with Miss Lou 

✅ Dr. Opal Palmer Adisa - Poet, Artist Educator 

✅ Faith D'Aguilar - Poet, Actress and Miss Lou imitator who worked with Miss Lou 

✅  Colin Smith - President Louise Bennett Coverley Heritage Council 

✅  Fabian Coverley - Miss Lou's son 

✅ Dr. Sue - Cultural Activist, Poet, Author, Story Teller 

✅ Steve Higgins - Singer, Song writer, Actor 

✅ Janice Hart - Folklorist, Poet, Story Teller 

✅ Raul Blaze - Social Media Influencer, Cultural Ambassador, Poet

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

8/10/2022 @ 8PM EST - Historians and  authors share new information about Alexander Bustamante.  Join the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.   Follow us on Facebook to watch and get updates to all our events.

Panelists

✅ Mr. Pearnel Charles Snr-  Former Speaker of the House and Bustamante Industrial  Trade Union VP
✅ Mr. Horace Levy - Author and Social Advocate

✅ Dr. Maziki Thame - Senior Lecture UWI Mona

Appearances and Performers

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

6/29/2022 @ 8PM EST - Historians and  authors share new information about Norman Washington Manley. Join the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.   Follow us on Facebook to watch and get updates to all our events.

Panelists

✅ Prof. Trevor Munroe - Professor of Government and Politics at the UWI
✅ Mrs. Maxine Henry Wilson - Former General Secretary PNP
✅  Prof. Anthony Bogues - Caribbean Political Theorist, Brown University
✅ Mr. Vincent Morrison - Jamaica Senior Trade Unionist
✅ Mr. Raymond Pryce - Host and Jamaican Politician

Appearances and Performers

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

5/31/2022  - MUST WATCH 

Descendants, historians and  authors share new information about Marcus Mosiah Garvey.  In this episode Consul General Alsion Wilson represents the USA north east Jamaican community.  Dr. Julius Garvey, Mrs Jean Garvey, Prof. Rupert Lewis along with other distinguished panelists enlighten us on Marcus Garvey's life.  Join the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.   

Panelists
✅ Mr. Colin Grant - Host and Author of Garvey book "Negro with a Hat" and BBC show host
✅ Prof. Rupert Lewis - Author and Garvey Historian
✅ Mr. Steven Golding - UNIA President Jamaica
✅ Mrs. Jean Garvey - Wife of the late Marcus Garvey Jr, Marcus Garvey's son
✅ Mr. Jabulani Tafari - World's leading Rastafarian Garveyite
✅ Mr. Mwariama Kamau - Official UNIA Historian

Appearances and Performers

✅ Mrs. Alsion Wilson - Jamaica Consul General New York

✅ Dr. Julius Garvey - Marcus Garvey's son

✅ Mr. Roy T. Anderson - Garvey Filmmaker "African Redemption"

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

4/27/2022  - Descendants, historians and  authors share new information about George William Gordon and how he used his social standing to fight for the rights of oppressed  blacks in Jamaica. Join the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.   Follow us on Facebook to watch and get updates to all our events

Panelists

✅  Deacon Ronnie Thwaites - George William Gordon descendant

✅ Prof. Clinton Hutton - Paul Bogle Historian and Professor Caribbean Political Philosophy, Culture & Aesthetics, UWI

✅ Prof. Gad Heuman - Paul Bogle Historian and Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at Warwick University

✅  Prof Verene Shepherd - Host and Chairwoman United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Appearances and Performers

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

3/30/2022 - Paul Bogle or Thomas Jennings? Our distinguished panelists put the controversy to rest and celebrate the life of Paul Bogle.  We highlight the UK Jamaican community in this episode with the High Commissioner, His Excellency Mr. George Ramocan and the founder of the Windrush Foundation, Mr. Author Torrington.  Listen and share.

Panelists

✅ Prof. Clinton Hutton - Paul Bogle Historian and Professor Caribbean Political Philosophy, Culture & Aesthetics, UWI

✅ Prof. Gad Heuman - Paul Bogle Historian and Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at Warwick University

✅  Prof Verene Shepherd - Host and Chairwoman United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Appearances and Performers

✅  Mr. George Ramocan - UK Jamaican High Commissioner

✅  Mr. Vivian Crawford - Executive Director Institute of Jamaica

✅  Mr. Author Torrington - Founder, Windrush Foundation, UK

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

2/23/2022 - Historians and  authors share new information about Samuel Sharpe (Daddy Sharpe) and the 1832 Baptist War which pushed the British to emancipate the slaves . Join host, Jamaica's social historian Prof. Verene Shepherd  on the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.

Panelists

✅ Rev. Devon Dick - Historian and Baptist Pastor
✅ Mr. Sydney Bartley - Former Director of Culture  Ministry of Culture Jamaica
✅ Author Tom Zoellner - Author of "Island on Fire - The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire "

✅  Prof Verene Shepherd - Host and Chairwoman United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Appearances and Performers

✅  Dr. Fiona Vernal - Director of EPOCH University of Connecticut

✅  Ms. Janice Hart aka "Miss Matty Lou" -  Jamaican Author, Poet, Story Teller (Hartford)

✅ Mr. Steve Higgins - Singer and Song Writer

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

✅ Jamieson Daley - Jamaica Pledge Video Credit

1/26/2022 - 🇯🇲Jamaican Maroon community leaders share new information about Queen Nanny of the Maroons. Join Fae Ellington on the BACK THE CULTURE Show as we celebrate our heroes and Jamaica 60th in our monthly Heroes Series.

Panelists

✅ Mrs. Beverly Carey - Maroon Historian
✅ Colonel Marcia Douglas - Charles Town Maroons
✅ Ms. Gloria Simms aka Mama G - Maroon Paramount Chief
✅ Colonel Wallace Sterling - Chief Moore Town Maroons

✅ Alex Minott - Minister of Foreign Affairs Accompong Maroons

✅ Ms. Fae Ellington - Host and Renowned Jamaican Journalist

Appearances and Performers

✅ Special Address by Jamaica Consul General SE USA  Oliver Mair 

✅  Dr. Amina Blackwood Meeks - Jamaican Author and Story Teller

✅ Dr. Rose-Marie Lewis - President Jamaica Diaspora South Eastern USA

✅ Dr. Susan Lycett Davis aka Dr. Sue - British Jamaican Author and Poet

✅  Ms. Trudy Knockless - Actress

✅  DJ Naturalist - Official JHM DJ

✅  Mr. Charles "Mark Phi" Smart - Founder/Executive Producer

12/29/2021 - So much happened in 2021.  This year we launched the JHM project into the public and turned a campaign slogan into a  movement.  Join us as we reflect and recognize those who joined us on the journey.   Also hear about what we have planned for Jamaica60.  

10/17/2021 - Jamaica's leading historians academia and entertainers commemorate Jamaica's Heritage Month and National Heroes Day 2021

9/7/2021 - Jamaican cultural icons across diaspora celebrate Miss Louis Bennett Coverley on her Birthday September 7.