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Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804) was an illegitimate daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay and an African woman known as Belle. Very little is known about Belle except that she was biracial. Her daughter Dido was sent to live in the household of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, who was Lindsay’s uncle and thus Dido’s great-uncle.  In his role as Lord Chief Justice, Lord Mansfield was instrumental in bringing about the legal end of slavery with his ruling on the Sommersett case in 1772, where he held that slavery was unlawful in England (although this did not end slave trafficking altogether).  It’s not difficult to suppose that his great niece Dido Elizabeth influenced his thinking. 
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When reggae emerged in the late 1960s, it came as a cultural bombshell not only to Jamaica but the whole world. Reggae has influenced societies throughout the world, contributing to the development of new counterculture movements, particularly in Europe, in the USA and Africa. Indeed, by the end of the 1960s, it participated in the birth of the skinhead movement in the UK. In the 1970s, it impacted on Western punk rock/ pop cultures and inspired the first rappers in the USA. Finally, since the late 1970s onwards, it has also influenced singers originating from Africa, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Lucky Dube being perfect examples. 
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appendixjournal: Agostino Brunias, Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants in a West Indian Landscape, late eighteenth century, oil on canvas (detail), from Carolyn Arena’s blog post for The Appendix: “Bellette and Yarico: Working Women in the Colonial West Indies.”
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maroonisle: After almost 2 months, it’s finally arrived in the mail!!! Woot! #Grenada #revolution #PRG #Caribbean
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"Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections."
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18-15n-77-30w: carlosthomasphotography: Photograph by Carlos Andrew Thomas with Kwentonza and Moon Marie. http://18-15n-77-30w.tumblr.com/