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Kelli’s Rundown

A year after Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a Category 5, Montego Bay has put the storm’s wreckage on a pedestal. Together We Rise, a 62-foot monument by Jamaican sculptor Scheed Cole, was unveiled on the Hip Strip on October 28, the anniversary of landfall. Two giant hands lift a tree while people climb and build around it, and the whole thing is made from recycled material, including a light pole Melissa knocked down.

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How Early Zulu Society Built the Foundations of a Kingdom

When people talk about the Zulu nation, one might be forgiven if the conversation quickly turns to the life and influence of Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, commonly known as Shaka Zulu, who was both king and military leader of his people. His military reforms, political expansion and the kingdom he helped build have made him one of the most recognizable figures in African history. But Zulu society existed long before the coming of Shaka.

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