... system. Trenchtown: Spiritual PowerPoint for the Rastafarians Even before the 1951 hurricane had mashed down the zinc-and-packing-case residences of the shantytown, the region was already considered as an area for outcasts. In particular, Trenchtown had now become the main home in Kingston for the strange tribe of men known as Rastafarians, who had set up an encampment down by the Dungle in the ... Third Street yard. One of the area's most famous residents and a musically prominent Rasta, Higgs was subjected to police brutality during the political riots in Trench Town in May 1959. This...

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