Independence celebrations have changed – 71-year-old

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Independence celebrations have changed – 71-year-old

Seventy-one-year-old Clovis Brown, a resident of Sligoville, St Catherine, was nine years old when Jamaica got its Independence from Britain in 1962. She recalled attending the Sligoville All-Age School at the time, and the efforts made by teachers...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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