Butterfly Magazine. Issue 31. 19th March 2021

Ghana: We’ll make our own chocolate

Dementia Steals

Vol. 2 Issue 31, 19st March 2021 – 25th March 2021

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Myrie ‘Take them there, make them care’

Jojo’s Bangkra ‘Sow your

Passion’

At Jojo’s Bangkra we create the most stylish fabric tote bags and accessories for all life’s adventures … so you can ‘Sow your Passion’.

The idea for Jojo’s Bangkra was born out of a desire to see more handcrafted fabric bags in the leisure market that incorporated some of the traditional craft methods used in the past.

We are passionate about our craft and lovers of ‘fabric bags’. We love weaving and mixing different fabric colours, textures, sewing methods, painting techniques and fashioning them into wearable works of art.

Our designs are influenced by the beauty and complexity of the islands as we explore picturesque countryside and comb craggy shorelines cataloging their unique elements to then represent them in our products.

We believe in sustainable practices and support the preservation of traditional craft methods handed down through the ages. We are happy to be able to offer such a product to you our fellow ‘fabric bag’ lovers to express your passion.

Life offers endless possibilities, ‘Sow your Passion’ whatever it may be and soar!

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The word ‘Bangkra’ in Jamaica refers to a big basket and is synonymous with harvest time, a time of plenty.

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Freedom Is Mine

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Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is Dead

What Would Magufuli do?

His first day in office was memorable.

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uring that visit to the finance ministry, he reportedly asked after those who were not at their desks - a subtle message that he would not tolerate the legendary absenteeism of government workers.

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He said he was keen to ensure that the government would have enough money to fund its election promises.

Surprise visits of government offices have become a trademark, meant to project his looming presence and to instil discipline and accountability.

But perhaps his most effective stunt yet was leading the country in cleaning the streets on independence day, 9 December.

He had already announced the cancellation of the planned lavish celebrations, with the allocated funds going to cover expenses in public hospitals.

This act boosted his reputation among East Africans, inspiring a hashtag on Twitter; #WhatWouldMagufuliDo which was widely used in neighbouring countries.

Although the hashtag was mostly used to mock Mr Magufuli’s austere policies, it unwittingly defined his leadership style, which many have come to admire.

Samia Suluhu Hassan as Vice President takes the helm of Tanzania’s government.

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Butterfly Magazine Continually Introduces The Groundbreaking Work of Black Creatives to A Global Audience

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It’s the only national anthem I’ve ever learned or sung.

THIS is Black history.

This is OUR history!

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” – often referred to as the “Negro National Anthem” – is a hymn, written as a poem,

by James Weldon Johnson in 1900.

W.E.B. DuBois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. She made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family, and friends using The Underground Railroad.

Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and antislavery writings.

Ida B. Wells was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP.

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Thank You for Your Melodies

The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, The Temptations, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, all in the same picture.

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Black

Arts

Photo: Robert Hamacher. Courtesy: the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome

Arthur

J afa

By Efosa Osaghae

This week we delve into the art of an even more obscure black video artist. It only gets more obscure from here on out.

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rthur Jafa is a video artist, filmmaker and cinematographer. His work comprises the black experience through visceral images, archive footage and performance. He explores the black being through provocative images that aim to strike a chord in black audiences.

The underlying theme of Jafa’s work is a reclamation of power.

How can black artists reclaim their blackness through moving image? It’s a theme that pervades Jafa’s work through and illustratin of power and authority.

A great example of this is Jafa’s most recent video work APEX where the artist inundated the frame with icons.

However, he doesn’t flood us with just black icons, he embeds other contemporary icons such as Mickey Mouse, Jesus and mainstream magazines. What do these all have in common?

Not much.

But that’s the point.

APEX is essentially an archive of the artist’s mind, through the guise of media. Images that represent black culture flit throughout but Jafa chooses not to reduce the black being to the standard.

Like Kalil Joseph last week, mainstream viewers may recognize Jafa from his collaboration with a Knowles sister.

This time, not Beyonce, but Solange.

He was the cinematographer for Don’t Touch My Hair and Cranes In The Sky. Jafa’s artistic experience on either side of his music video work has garnered recognition at institutions such as the MoMA, Serpentine Gallery and Tate Modern.

He is currently represented by the Gladstone gallery.

Like most, his video art is scarce and nearinaccessible online but he is currently producing a feature film that explores the influence of black music on contemporary culture.

Hopefully, his work will finally gain mainstream recognition through the larger distribution channels feature films typically utilize.

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Felix Dexter in Douglas

An encounter with a traveller changes the life of an ill-fated barrister who is on his way to meet his girlfriend’s parents.

First broadcast in 1996.

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Just in Time Credit: Netflix

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Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Luvvie Ajayi Jones isn’t afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. “Your silence serves no one,” says the writer, activist and selfproclaimed professional troublemaker.

In this bright, uplifting talk, Ajayi Jones shares three questions to ask yourself if you’re teetering on the edge of speaking up or quieting down -- and encourages all of us to get a little more comfortable with being uncomfortable. Credit TED

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As a teenager, Assane Diop’s life was turned upside down when his father died after being accused of a crime he didn’t commit. 25 years later, Assane will use “Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar” as his inspiration to avenge his father. Credit: Netflix

Rocks

The film follows teenager Rocks (Bukky Bakray) who fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel (D’angelou Osei Kissiedu) will be forced apart if anyone finds out they are living alone. With the help of her friends, she evades the authorities and navigates the most defining days of her life. ROCKS is a film about the joy, resilience and spirit of girlhood.

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The Love Letter

Established entertainment columnist Parker (Keshia Knight Pulliam, ‘The Cosby Show’) begins to reevaluate her platonic feelings towards her sports-fanatic best friend Aaron (Romeo Miller, ‘Honey’) in this charming romcom about balancing friendship and love.

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Judas and the Black Messiah Credit: Warner Bros Pictures.

Selma, Lord. Selma (1999) Credfit: Also Max Pacheco

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My Other Mother (2014)

Candy is a successful anchor on a national magazine show. Fierce, independent and committed to her job, she can see only one thing missing from her life: her birth mother. Now, Candy will take a journey into her past that will change her life forever.

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It’s A Life Worth Living (2020)

John, a man haunted by his beginnings, struggles with finding meaning and worth in his life.

This leads him to choose a path of selfishness and drug abuse.

Consequently there’s a breakdown of relationships with his family and his wife. When things start to crumble all around him, John gets the wake up call that he needs in the form of a caring new friend, and others in his life that reach out to him in ways they hadn’t before. God working through them and reaching out to John, guides him on a path of discovery about where his worth and value truly come from, and what in life is truly valuable.

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Nella The Princess Knight Credit: Nick Jr. / Apple TV

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Pip

Dog’s heroics will make you cry!

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Dolemite Is My Name

Based on a true story Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. Credit: Netflix Transform your viewing...

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Last Chance U Basketball

From Greg Whiteley (Cheer) and the team behind Emmy-winning Last Chance U comes LAST CHANCE U: BASKETBALL, an honest, gritty look inside the world of community college basketball. Led by passionate head coach John Mosley, the East Los Angeles College Huskies (ELAC) team is made up of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to prove themselves for a last chance to fulfill their dreams of playing at the next level. The team is tested as the players battle adversity, inner demons, and emotions on and off the court. Credit: Netflix 20 Transform your viewing...

Float

Pixar Animation Studios and the SparkShorts filmmakers of FLOAT are in solidarity with the Asian and Asian American communities against Anti-Asian hate in all its forms. We are proud of the onscreen representation in this short and have decided to make it widely available, in celebration of what stories that feature Asian characters can do to promote inclusion everywhere.

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New Boy

If Not Now, When?

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.

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Cover

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Clive

Myrie Awarding winning TV Presenter

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‘Take them there, make them care’ The year 2021 has so far been a landmark one for Clive Myrie.

The UK’s most prominent black TV journalist has just scooped two prestigious Royal Television Society awards. The first was for Network Presenter of the Year for his news reading skills on BBC News, the second for Television Journalist of the Year Award, the ultimate accolade of his profession.

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t’s a wonderful achievement from someone who would sit at home as a young boy watching Sir Trevor McDonald on the news jetting around the world covering important news stories. “I thought, he looks like me, that’s something I could do, “he once said.

Indeed, he has done just that.

Since 1996 when he first became a foreign correspondent, he has reported from 80 different countries. He has covered wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan as well as in Iraq when, in 2003, he memorably reported the arrival of 40 Commando Royal Marines into Basra amid the crackle of gunfire from Saddam Hussein’s troops.

Now 56 years old, he has covered earthquakes in Nepal, floods in Mozambique, ethnic violence in Borneo and the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh to name but a few of his important journalistic assignments. He has always managed to tell a compelling story, often by homing in on the personal experience of some within the issue he is reporting. Referring to his audience, ‘Take them there, make them care’ is a saying he has always abided by. Though he has been reading the news regularly on the

BBC news channel for several years, since 2019 he has become a regular news reader on the prime evening BBC One TV bulletins.

This means more time at home with his wife Catherine, an antiques restorer.

His achievements are especially impressive for someone from fairly humble beginnings.

His parents were immigrants from Jamaica who settled in Bolton, Lancashire.

His father worked in a factory making car batteries while his mother was a seamstress who later made clothes for Mary Quant. The couple divorced when Myrie was still young and the father returned to Jamaica leaving Clive to be brought up by a single mother.

She instilled in her son a work ethic that has been a key ingredient in his success. She encouraged him to follow a ‘decent’ profession, so after passing his A Levels, he went to Sussex University and, in 1985, gained a degree in law.

He told his university newspaper, “My mum had been a teacher in Jamaica, and education was important. If your grades weren’t up to scratch, you knew about it. She was firm, but fair, and made it clear to me that, in a white-dominated world, you had to be twice as good to make it.”

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Myrie had his own music show on the university’s radio channel on which he played his favourite jazz and funk. This led to his interviewing bands on BBC Radio Brighton.

Though he applied to become a barrister, mainly to please his parents, when he was offered a place on the BBC’s coveted graduate journalist trainee programme, he jumped at the chance.

He learnt the basics of broadcasting working for Points West in Bristol, spent a year working for Independent Radio News and for B Sky B, before re-joining the BBC as a journalist in London. He was anxious to be a reporter who was black rather than one reporting on racial issues. Much later, he took part in a seminar with his old hero Sir Trevor McDonald, to encourage more people from ethnic groups to enter journalism.

One of his proudest career moments was his profile of Barack Obama that was broadcast on the day of the President’s inauguration.

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He had managed to secure interviews with key black figures such as Alice Walker and Rev Jesse Jackson and the BBC team based themselves at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the alma mater of Martin Luther King. “It was incredibly emotional for me as a black man to see a black man put into the most powerful position on earth,” he said. Here was a man who, like Myrie himself, had been given the strength of conviction, motivation and the belief in the importance of education by a strong mother. The emotion was plain to see on Myrie’s face during the BBC’s US election coverage.

During the last US election, Myrie received wide praise for his heart rending reporting on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona who had suffered more deaths per population head from the Covid pandemic than any other group in the United States.

He did the same in this country too when reporting on victims of the Covid virus in intensive care at the The Royal London hospital where earlier he had reported on the victims of knife crime. His sobering commentary, full of compassion and empathy, brought home the pain and suffering the virus could bring. In an interview with the Daily Express, he compared it to reporting from a war zone. “Was I nervous?

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United States, the logical conclusion of which saw the recent storming of the US Capitol building in Washington DC. “Impartiality rules and strong regulation,” he said, “are the bulwark against the disaster of the American media jungle being replicated here, with its attendant detrimental effects on democracy.”

In saying this, Clive Myrie showed that in addition to his consummate broadcasting skills, he is fully aware of the need for responsibility for the position he holds.

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Damn right. This little bug that you can’t see might slip in, creep down any gap, get into my body, get into my throat, get into my lungs, cause agony and pain, then kill me! Also if you’re from a black, Asian or ethnic minority background like me, you’re almost twice as likely to die if you get infected.”

Recently, in a lecture in honour of the late newspaper editor Harold Evans, Myrie spoke passionately about the need for news broadcasters like himself to be subject to strict rules so as to prevent the kind of toxic media environment that has developed in the

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Freedom

Is Mine

Portugal

By FAYIDA JAILLER

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id you know that the Transatlantic Slave Trade was actually instigated by the Portuguese? In the 1400’s it was the Portuguese nobleman Prince Henry the Navigator who sent out the first expeditions to Sub-Saharan Africa to explore how far the Moor’s kingdom extended and in search of gold. The expeditions returned to Portugal with black, African slaves considered ‘compensation’ for the expense of their voyages.

There are six countries in Africa which were former Portuguese colonies in which Portuguese is still spoken. Those are: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe.

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The Portuguese trafficked the majority of enslaved Africans to Portuguese colonies overseas, the largest of which was Brazil, or they were sold on to other trading European powers.

Increased demand for slave labour in Portugal meant the black population increased, particularly in Lisbon and the Algarve, accounting for as much as 10% of the population. The two royal institutions responsible for handling Portugal’s slave trade were the Casa de Guiné and the Casa dos Escravos.

[Feature Painting.] A fantastic example of the significant black presence in Portgual can be seen in the 16th century painting ‘Chafariz d’El-Rey’ by an unknown artist. In it we see black people in a number of scenarios and professions, including an Afro-Portuguese knight on a horse, widely believed to be João de Sá, nicknamed Panasco.

João went from court jester to King John III of Portugal to being made a gentleman courtier of the Royal Household.

The African diaspora in Portugal grew again in the second half of the 20th century, when Portuguese colonies in Africa began to gain their independence. Social and economic inequalities and forced labour under Portuguese colonial rule led to a flourish of liberation movements in the 1950s and 60s, across Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Cape Verde. These countries largely gained their independence in the mid-1970s. This prompted a wave of

migration of Africans from former Portuguese territories to Portugal, to study, find work and establish a life in Europe.

By now there have been several generations of Afro-Portuguese, descended from African migrants, born on Portuguese soil.

Sadly, racism remains a huge issue in Portugal, and many Afro-Portuguese are still regarded as being African rather than Portuguese, despite having lived in the country for generations, and being culturally assimilated. However, in spite of the obstacles, Afro-Portuguese activists and academics continue to address systemic racism in Portugal, and to expose a white-washing of Portuguese colonial history.

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Mental

Health

Dementia

Steals

By Beverley Cooper-Chambers

Losing HU

One year later.

It crept up on us. HU was in a different country, so whatever the tell-tale signs were, the people around him missed them. Not on purpose. They were just getting on with life. I was guilty too. I had not heard from HU for at least a year. Our lives had taken different paths. So, when he called me at 5 am one morning and started to talk about the exciting business ideas we had had decades ago, it still did not register that something was wrong. I was too busy just getting on with life.

So, imagine the shock I had when the call came in that he had gone missing. I stood looking at the phone for what seemed like forever. Helpless.

Everybody was looking for him. They found his car, his phone and his keys. It did not bear thinking about it. The image in my head of HU is the tall, dark, and handsome man with lyrics and oodles of charisma I had known back in the day. He was an athlete, coach and orator. So, the frail, gaunt man I saw in the pictures circulating was a shock to my system. He was not yet 50 years old. I prayed.

After many hours he found his way home, but it was clear he needed help, TLC, tender loving care and could not be left unattended.

After copious doctors’ visits and tests today, HU is safe in a nursing home. It’s like an oxymoron; vibrant, fun-loving HU does not belong there.

Telephone and video calls are primarily one-sided.

HU barely knows his children and granddaughter, but they still know and love HU. Dementia cannot steal that.

Now and then, HU has moments of clarity when he gets a name right, asks relevant questions or answers questions correctly.

Every positive move is a victory.

HU is still our HU!

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Welcome to the Disruptor

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Ghana Will No Longer Export Ghana’s Akufo-Addo on Cocoa to Switzerland Economy, Cocoa, Trade, Oil

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“We Need to Make the Chocolate Ourselves”

Jamaican Ingenuity

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Tree to Bar How to Make Chocolate Every Step

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omemade can be defined in many ways.

But this...this is about as homemade as it gets. This cacao pod was flown straight from Ecuador (thank you to Blue Stripes Cacao) and, the next day, turned into a smooth, delicious chocolate bar using nothing more than a blender and some sugar.

You can make chocolate on your own with cacao nibs by following this same process and blending with some sugar until you get a paste. Then, spread it out, freeze it, and you’ve made your very-own chocolate!

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mall, delicate cocoa trees were first cultivated by the Mayans and then the Aztecs. They grow around the equatorial belt.

The fruit of the cocoa tree, the pod, contains up to 40 beans. Hernan Cortes was the first to bring cocoa beans to Spain in the early 16th century. Cocoa beans were turned into cocoa paste to produce an exceptional beverage and, from the 19th century, solid bars of chocolate.

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WATTS Jean Watt, Bunny Wailer’s lifelong partner of over 50 years has been missing for nine months and there has been a frantic search to reunite her with her ailing partner born Neville Livingston who had suffered a major stroke.

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unny Wailer is considered one of the pioneers of reggae music. He along with musical icons Bob Marley and Peter Tosh are original members of the reggae group, The Wailers.

The stress of not having his spouse by his side was not doing anything for recovery of the threetime Grammy award winner.

Both families – The Watts and the Livingstons have been all over the island of Jamaica putting up posters, drawing hope from the many who reached out with the claim that she was spotted – only to end up at square one.

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They offered monetary reward, but all measures have turned up fruitless.

On March 2, 2021 Bunny Wailer made his transition without ever getting the opportunity to have his partner by his side, nor did she get the chance to say a final goodbye to her love.

Now their families are not contented to wait for any ‘grand reunion on the other side’ as they have intensified the search for her with a documentary: WAILnSOUL: Searching for Jean Watt, the wife of Bunny Wailer.

In the documentary her friends talk about “Sister Jean” how nice and caring she is.

Her niece Kimmy Watt pours her heart out in the documentary as she speaks about her quest to find her aunt.

“I went over the 14 parishes of Jamaica, I asked questions, visiting the arcades, looking under the bridges in the bushes, even at nights during curfew hours, we are out on the road searching,” are her heartfelt words.

70-year-old Jean Watt who was last seen on May 23, on Mandela Highway, seems to have disappeared into thin air and a reward of $250,000 is still being offered for her safe return.

Watt is not just a lifelong partner to Bunny Wailer, but has also been credited for some of his recordings in the early 1970s. He credits her for writing the songs Hallelujah Time and Pass It On which was featured on the Wailers 1973 album – Burnin’.

Their relationship started while they were living in Trench Town. As her sister Pauline Watt described their blossoming romance, “me was the news carrier, carrying news from Bunny to she..dat deh time she was a pretty girl attending Denham Town school,” she related in the documentary.

She said Jean soon hooked up with Rita – Wife of Bob Marley and they would meet in a kitchen in the community and started playing the guitar and singing.

“A me was the set on, cause him see mi and a sey him like mi sister,” she revealed about the two relationship.

The documentary gives an insightful look into the life of Jean Watt and how her and Bunny’s relationship blossomed.

The producer also took the time out to have the voice of Dr Denise Eldemire Shearer from the Mona Aging and Wellness Centre who took the time to give an insight into the issue of dementia – something that Jean Watt suffered from.

It also offers an answer into why – if she is alive somewhere, she can’t find her way back home.

Watt had wandered from the home before, but thankfully family members found her…this time their agony has been prolonged.

There is no missing the love and pain transmitted in the documentary and while it centres on the outpouring of love for Jean, as well as an appeal to bring her back home, there is insight into her life and that of Bunny Wailer.

There is also a glimmer of hope as Senior Superintendent of Police Stephanie Lindsey, Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force Corporate Communications Unit shared in the documentary “the good news is that most of those who are reported missing are returned safely. So when we look at the date between 2016 and 2020, a total of 1150 females were reported missing and of that number 907 returned safely.”

The family is hoping Watt will be in the list of those ‘returned safely’.

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Independence

Mauritius Independence Day

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Why Mauritius Is the Best Country to Do Business in Africa

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Rebirth

The Rebirth of

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a British Overseas Territory a British Overseas Territory

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fter a volcano destroys its capital city and leaves two-thirds of the entire island under ash, Montserrat begins rebuilding from scratch. Sir George Martin (Beatles) and Maizie Williams (Boney M) help tell a story of rebuilding. narrated by Sir Howard Fergus

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When God Speaks:

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BLACK TO FRONT

CHANNEL

Black to Front features major new commissions and reimagines some of Channel 4’s biggest mainstream shows to focus on Black talent and transform Black representation in front of and behind the camera. It aims to amplify Black talent, stories, and voices by bringing them to the forefront on screen and behind the camera.

We’re working with our production partners to create career enhancing opportunities to transform representation off screen.

How do we do this?

By expanding our talent pools for new and existing flagship Channel 4 shows featuring as part of Black To Front and beyond, to include more people from currently under-represented groups.

If you would like to be considered for any of the roles below, please send us your CV. CVs are welcomed from anyone with the relevant skills or experience, although we’d really love to hear from Black talent as they are less represented For unscripted shows, based in Wales, Manchester, Leeds and London we’d like to hear from: EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SHOW RUNNERS SERIES PRODUCERS STUDIO DIRECTORS SELF SHOOTING DIRECTORS PRODUCERS LINE PRODUCERS PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT APs RESEARCHERS CONSUMER RESEARCHER DEPUTY EDITOR FOR LIVE DAYTIME SHOW (must have journalism background) PLUS anyone with LIVE SHOW EXPERIENCE and SENIOR TALENT WITH REALITY/DOCUSOAP/OB DOC EXPERIENCE

If you have the relevant experience or transferable skills and would like to be considered for one of these roles, please email your CV and availability across 2021 to BTFTALENT@Channel4.co.uk

by Monday 22 March Please include the ROLE you’d like to be considered for in the email subject.

In your email please also include a line on why you’d like to be part of Black To Front.

Relevant CVs will be shared with indies who will then be in contact.

Please ensure your CV includes permission for it to be kept on file and shared. Black to Front is an ambitious day of programming for Autumn 2021 which will see Channel 4’s entire programming schedule fronted by Black talent as part of the Channel’s ongoing commitment to improve Black representation both on and off screen.

To ensure that the project drives significant and sustainable change within the industry, Channel 4 is working with The Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity to help shape meaningful off-screen commitments to ensure the day leaves a lasting legacy.

The day’s programming will reimagine some of Channel 4’s biggest flagship shows including Celebrity Gogglebox, Countdown and the Channel 4 News with an all-Black presenting and reporting team. Hollyoaks will be an hour-long special written, directed and performed by its Black talent and Mo Gilligan will front a one off special of The Big Breakfast.

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