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| Age: | 99 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Kingston, |
| Country: |  Jamaica |
| Zodiac: |  Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20) |
| Last Login: | May 30, 2008 (546 days back) |
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About Me |
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BARBARA MAKEDA BLAKE HANNAH is a Jamaican author, music journalist, film-maker and public speaker. More info: Jamaica Media Productions
In 1968 she made history as the first Black TV journalist on British television at the start-up of THAMES TV and later worked with BBC-TV and CHANNEL 4. Returning to Jamaica in 1972, and her real love of writing, she wrote newspaper articles, one of which led to her writing and publishing RASTAFARI – THE NEW CREATION in 1981, the first book on the Rastafari religion written by a a member of the faith, now in its 5th edition. In 1992 she self-published JOSEPH – A RASTA REGGAE FABLE, a novel about a reggae superstar based losely on the life of Bob Marley (whom she knew) but mainly to give an insight into what life was like in the 70s when reggae and Rasta started going international. It has now been re-published by MacMillan Caribbean in 2006. BARBARA MAKEDA has lectured at the University of the West Indies, the University of Vienna, Austria; New York University; Florida International University; the University of Guyana; the University of the Virgin Islands, and the World Archaeological Congress Pre-Conference in Curacao. She was a delegate to the UN World Conference Against Racism in 2001. She is producer/director of 6 documentary and 2 TV feature films, organised Black film festivals in Jamaica and represented Jamaica at film festivals in the USA, Cuba, West and (the former) East Germany and Iraq (yes she met Saddam Hussein and says he was quite cool!). Appointed an Independent Senator in the Jamaican Parliament (1984-87), she was presented with the Ethiopian Crown Council’s Adowa Centenary Gold Medal in 1997, and the United Nations Peace Medal in 1974. She home-schooled her son Makonnen, who was appointed Youth Technology Consultant to the Jamaican government in 1998 at the age of 13 years. Concert review articles by BARBARA MAKEDA BLAKE HANNAH: The World Class Sunsplash Returns Reflections on Reggae Sumfest 2005 Jimmy Cliff, Vybez Cartel, Others kick off TEMPO |
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Author of RASTAFARI - THE NEW CREATION, the first book on Rasta written by a practising member of the faith, and JOSEPH - A RASTA REGGAE FABLE, a novel inspired by the life of Bob Marley. |
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I'd like to meet:Film makers, authors, musicians, music producers, home-schooling mothers, Jamaicans at home and abroad, persons interested in Jamaican culture -- anyone 'irie' who wants to link with me.However, I follow my High School motto: "Quality, not Quantity" when accepting Friend Requests. |
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Music:Strictly Roots reggae, from Marley to Sizzla and all artists in between. Also The Beatles and music of the 60s, Lauren Hill, No Doubt, Alicia Keyes, Alpha Blondy, Capelton, Etana, and the list goes on... |
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Movies:"The Harder They Come", all the films of Spike Lee, Akira Kurosawa, Guy Ritchie, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorcese. Special favourite films: 'Kagemusha', 'House of the Flying Daggers', the "Star Wars" series, 'Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman", 'Scarface','City of God', 'Hotel Rwanda', Blood Diamond', 'Hustle & Flow", 'Ray', anything starring Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Cicely Tyson. Have a look at I (my) Beautiful Jamaica. Excerpt from the documentary 'RACE, RHETORIC, RASTAFARI' |
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Television:News and current affairs, music TV (Jamaican and international), Discovery, National Geographic. Get most of my movies from cable TV. .. |
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Books:I read EVERYTHING -- can't begin to list my favourite authors, from O.Henry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison, British novelist Celia Brayfield, children's books, history -- especially about Africa -- Bev Carey's 'History of the Maroons of Jamaica"; and religion -- Autobiography of Emperor Haile Selassie I,The Urantia Book,The Sign & The Seal -- to name a few. |
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Heroes:Emperor Haile Selassie 1, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Empress Makeda of Ethiopia, Louis Farrakhan. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | Black / African descent |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Occupation: | Author, Film maker |
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My Blog |
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Reggae Film Festival |
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| MINISTER OF CULTURE ANNOUNCES REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL
Kingston, Jamaica, December 11,2008
A REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL featuring films that have reggae music as the subject, story line or content will be hel... Posted by Barbara Makeda on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:28:00 PST |
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"She Prayed For A Son" |
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| She Prayed For A SonJAMAICA DAILY GLEANERMark Dawes, Staff Reporterpublished: Saturday | November 3, 2007At age 44, a miracle happened in the life of Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah. She became pregnant. ... Posted by Barbara Makeda on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:29:00 PST |
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SELASSIE, CHRIST AND RASTAFARI |
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| SELASSIE, CHRIST AND RASTAFARIby BARBARA MAKEDA BLAKE HANNAHThe first publication of the Fulfilled Rastafari July 2007 ViewsLetter (good title) began by reminding:"Selassie, whose modern teachments we... Posted by Barbara Makeda on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:41:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Jamaica Media Productions, Makonnen - MultiCast Entertainment, avani, MY LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!, Itations of Jamaica and I Rastafari, Handmade Wooden Ethiopian Meskel, Fulfilled Rastafari, Ethiopian Orthodox, 7 Star General L.A Lewis., Heidi, Jayne, Ch-n, Renate Sculpts, SISTAH LIVETH, TapiwaVisions Arts Foundation, M.A, 77klash, RSEENAL, Dami D, JABALANCE, Raw Raw, One Heart Music, ENDLESS, Edward, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - London UK, Empress Virtuous, RASTAFARI LIVE, Alana, sista x, Lionheart, Ilovesound, United Reggae, Faybiene Miranda, Saïna, Dean Brown, ETANA, IriginalRuts Data *Da QweenWariar~, Rasta For AFRICA, Diviniti Media Productions Limited, jl-claudesinclerc, ARTGANIC, Black Nation Music Group, Whenever, Spirit Dancer, Strugglah, JAH ARMY HIGHWEAR - new summercollection out now!, emmanueli, Iya Karna - new album out!, AARON(Cannabis Is Medicine), Poca TV, Mt. Queen, EtoileNoire, CONGO LIANESS *HATE FREE ZONE*Pure Luv InI deal, Staf, Debs, Jah Mex, Yaoul, roxanne, Empress Ija, HAILEMAH~ TimelessI, Samson, Laughter, Marijah
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