(Jamaica Gleaner ... three-metre nude statues of triumphant ex-slaves gazing heavenwards. Samantha McKenzie poses at the Redemption Song monument at Emancipation Park on Christmas night.

A graduate of the Jamaica School of Art ... the owners of the Redemption Song statue at Emancipation Park, New Kingston, decided against laying a plaque to identify the sculpture’s creator ...

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And, as a nation and people of Jamaica, we have a choice. Why the big member man statue instead of the “freedom statue” in Emancipation Park? There is absolutely no connection between ...

Last year, officials removed another sculpture from the same spot in Emancipation Park ... and folklorist considered Jamaica's most beloved living person. "A statue of 'Miss Lou' would be much ...

EMANCIPATION DAY in Jamaica takes on new meaning this year as the Caribbean nation celebrates 35 years of independence. In Jamaica, “Full Free Emancipation” is the theme of national ...