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Barbara Makeda's Interests
General
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.
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...
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'
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.
Heroes
Emperor Haile Selassie 1, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Empress Makeda of Ethiopia, Louis Farrakhan.
About me:
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:
Who 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.
Thanks for accepting my request! it is good to see other SoulJahs accross the World walkin in the same direction, this is one of the good thing abt this communication networks, to realise how BIG we are! hopin everythin is Blessed!
Good Morning my dearest friend!! May the day be filled with LOVE and Happyness for you!! All worries and hardship blown away like dust. I thank you for everything and looking forward to the article!! As much stars that are up there on the sky, as much LOVE and best wishes are there out for you. LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
DAY BY DAY PERFORM YOUR MISSION, WITH JAH HELP KEEP AT YOUR TASKS; BE ENCOURAGED BY HIS PRESENCE, FAITHFULNESS IS ALL FATHER ASKS...HOLY EMMANUEL I SELASSIE I JAH RASTAFARI...MAMA OMEGA LOVE 4EVER!!!
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