CIA spy tip-off led to arrest of Mandela
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela’s arrest, beginning the leader’s 27 years behind bars, a report said on Sunday.
May 16, 2016
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Obama slams Trump in speech: ‘Ignorance is not a virtue’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Sunday criticised the populist campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, decrying “anti-intellectualism” and noting that “ignorance is not a virtue.”
Academy award-winning film-maker yearns to do Marley film
IT was the summer of 1974 and, according to film-maker Barry Morrow, “every long-haired youth in the US was digging (Eric) Clapton’s hit, I Shot The Sheriff ”. Not long after, those youth, which included Morrow, discovered that the song was written and originally done the previous year by Bob Marley and The Wailers.
A walk down Reggae Lane
Toronto, the provincial capital of Ontario, Canada now has a street called Reggae Lane. Located in the Eglington and Oakwood areas of the city, it was renamed late last year under an initiative — The Laneway Project — by councillor for the area Josh Colle.
The return of Daddy Screw
IN the 1990s, deejay Daddy Screw was a hot dancehall commodity, chalking up a string of hits. Not much has been heard about him in recent years. The Jamaica Observer caught up with him last week in Denver, Colorado, where he resides.