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Three young men admiring the Indian instruments on display at the opening of the exhibition.
"Three young men admiring the Indian instruments on display at the opening of the exhibition put on by the Indo-Jamaican Society's at Kingston and St. Andrew parish library. The speaker was Dr. John Martin, Custos...Items on display include clothes…
Mrs. Laxmi Mansingh talking about Indian manuscripts
"Mrs. Laxmi Mansingh [left] explaining the significance of some Indian manuscripts to the Most Hon. Rev. Samuel Carter, Roman Catholic Archbishop, and Mrs. Hazel Bennett a member of the Executive of the Jamaica Library Association. Occasion was the…
Visitors to the API exhibition of photograph on the damage caused by Hurricane Allen
"[Roy Thomas] and visitors to the API exhibition of photographs on the damage caused by Hurricane Allen discussing one of the exhibits. The exhibition, which is being held at the Jamaica Library Service on Tom Redcam Drive, contains approximately…
Minister of Mining and Energy Horace Clarke looking at a collection of posters
"Children do their bit for energy: Minister of Mining and Energy Horace Clarke looking at one of a collection of posters depicting sources of energy and ways of conserving energy. The posters were designed by Girl Guides and Brownies from the…
The Korotso dancers from Nigeria performing at Ward Theatre
"The Korotso dancers from Nigeria who performed in Jamaica on Monday and yesterday at the Ward Theatre."
Mozambique National Troupe of song and dance
"A scene from "Mapiko", a secret dance from the northern section of Mozambique. Centre, in mask, is the main dancer representing the evil spirits from the forest where the dance used to be performed. During the struggle for liberation the character…
A scene from a dance by the Conjunto de Danza Popular
"A scene from a dance by the Conjunto de Danza Popular, a dance group attached to the Karl Marx theatre in Havana. Here a mother [left] looks disapprovingly as she dances with her partner. The Conjunto de Danza Popular will participate in Carifesta…
API Photographic Exhibition Floods in West Jamaica
"Flood damage exhibition - The Manchester Parish Library's Cecil Charlton Hall is the venue of the current API photographic exhibition "Floods in West Jamaica" which was officially opened on August 1 by Noel Chaplin general manager of Alpart. The…
York Town, Clarendon
"Clearly this is bad and something must be done about it, the quicker, the better is the consensus among Housing Minister Tony Spaulding [left] Sites and Services Director, Clive Laidley [centre] and Youth and Community Development Minister, Hugh…
York Town, Clarendon
"Everything goes in the construction of these dwellings - from rusty sheets of zinc for roofing, bamboo-lattices and flattened barrel sides -a t the York Town squatter settlements - unit for human occupation. This the Housing Ministry recognises, and…
