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Natural eating in Jamaica and the Caribbean

Riaz Phillips is passionate about the Jamaican food he grew up with and plant-based Caribbean food he came to later, like roti, baiganee and vegan stews and curries. Here he explores the origins and surging popularity of these natural ‘health foods’.

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Mary Morris-Knibb, a woman of courage and ability

A Jamaican election banner reveals the story of a pioneering women’s rights campaigner who continues to inspire 80 years on.

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The stranger who started an epidemic

New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.

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  • Slaves rescued from a slave ship by the Royal Navy, brought to Fort Augusta, Kingston, Jamaica . Wood engraving, 1857.
  • The cruise of the "Port Kingston" / by W. Ralph Hall Caine.
  • A list of 6 key messages about HIV/AIDS, STD's and pregnancy for young people in Jamaica by the Jamaica Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A list of 6 key messages about HIV/AIDS, STD's and pregnancy for young people in Jamaica by the Jamaica Red Cross Society. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • John Boby, a black man with white markings. Reproduction of an etching, 1803.
  • The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic. Designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / [Thomas Dancer].
  • The medical assistant, or Jamaica practice of physic. Designed chiefly for the use of families and plantations / [Thomas Dancer].
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