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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 35 episodes
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The Lest We Forget Historical Podcast reflects on past events of the Caribbean and how these events shape the society we live in today.
Unknown Host hosts Lest We Forget, a history show with 35 episodes published.
Content Warning: This episode contains brief mentions of slavery and incidents of police brutality In September 2024, a series of protests rocked the island of Martinique. However, these protests are a part of a national
It’s the mid 1970’s and political violence is bringing Jamaica to its knees. By the end of 1976, an incident would shock the entire political fraternity when, for the very first time in history, a Jamaican politician was
Today, multinational fast food companies like KFC, Burger King and Popeyes dominate Jamaican society. But before all of these, there was Mike’s, Home of the Famous Nyamburgers. The restaurant, the brainchild of Lester Mi
For decades, bribery accusations while on duty have long plague Jamaican police officers who are assigned road duties. But back in 1997, these allegations went global and it involve one of music’s most influential vocali
Content Warning: This episode contains brief mentions of slavery and police brutality In October 1979, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an independent state. Within this jubilation however, residents of the Grenad
Content Warning: This episode makes mention of slavery In a special episode written by Dr. Fara Dabhoiwala, professor of history at Princeton University, we tell the story of Francis Williams, a formerly enslaved Black J
Content Warning: this audio contains sexual content and profranties as well as mentions of sexism, ephebophilia, statutory rape, revenge porn and misogyny. Sidewalk is an upcoming video essay series that explores shiftin
In conversations around Jamaicans' distrust in the island's political system, there is the recurring theme of political corruption. So to understand the root of political corruption on the island, it seems to fit to look
Since scholarship on the topic discussed is limited, a large portion of the details heard on this episode was taken from “The Making of ‘The Comrade’: The Political Journey of Ralph Gonsalves" by Ralph Gonsalves Today, D
Content Warning: this episode contains profanity In 2004, Jamaican musician, Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley released the lead single off his upcoming third studio album, "Welcome to Jamrock”. Propelled by its music video, it wo
Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of physical abuse, racism and xenophobia. In the wake of certain events occurring across the region, thousands of West Indians emigrated or sought refugees status to the
Content Warning: this episode contains mention of slavery On August 1st, 1838, Jamaica, alongside the rest of the countries in British West Indies, achieved emancipation and thus all enslaves Black people on the island,
Content Warning: this episode discusses a plane crash as well as injuries and death associated with it. In the mid 1970’s, the first and only mid-air bombing of a civilian airliner in the Western Hemisphere took place. A
Content Warning: this episode contains discussion of homophobia, homophobic language, murder and police brutality. There are also mentions of slavery and rape. By no stretch, is the Jamaica Constabulary Force the most lo
Content Warning: this episode contains mentions of slavery On this episode, we discussed how the colonisation of the Caribbean by Europeans brought mosquitoes to the region and the subsequent ecological transformation of
In 1979, a swine virus outbreak occurred in the Dominican Republic. Still, the situation would had a drastic effect in Haiti as a US-Canada-Mexico partnership led to 1.3 million of their Kreyol pigs been slaughtered, for
In 1975, Cuba sent troops to Angola to help them fight against an invasion by apartheid South Africa. Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of State was angry at this, so he set out to get countries to denounce Cuba’s action
In Jamaica, there is the famous Devon House. A historical landmark, it is popular for its patties, the Devon House ice-cream and when the weather is suitable, it also serves as a public park for families. However, there’
Content Warning: this episode contains mentions of murder, police brutality, indentureship and the abuse of women. Upon the arrival of large numbers of Indians to the Caribbean, through the Indentureship system, they als
On August 1st, 1838, Jamaica, alongside the rest of the countries in the British West Indies, achieved full emancipation and thus all enslaved Black people on the island, gained their freedom. Immediately after, the topi
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