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by Suzanne Francis-Brown

I was fascinated the first time I heard of Gibraltar Camp, a British Colonial Office facility established as a haven for civilian evacuees from the British Mediterranean fortress of Gibraltar, during World War II. Mostly women and children were housed in wooden barracks buildings across acres of former sugar land at Mona, on the outskirts of Kingston. Later, Jewish and other wartime refugees also lived there, on a lower level.

“Sad to say I’m on my way

Won’t be back for many a day

My heart is down

My head is turning around

I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town” (“Jamaica Farewell” by Harry Belafonte)

As Harry bid his farewell on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at the age of 96. He did not just “leave a little girl in Kingston town,” but rather, he left behind many faces with smiles turned upside down.

Harry Belafonte greets UWI Mona Campus PRO, Carroll Edwards

Welcome to the newest UWIAA Chapters

• Institute of International Relations (St. Augustine) – President, Shauna Saint Toussaint 

• The UWI Medial Alumni Association South Florida (USA) – President, Dr. Tanya Clarke 

• Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (St. Augustine) – President, Gregory Hill 

• Cultural Studies (Barbados) – President, John Hunte

Dr. Winston Parris, MD awarded the Knighthood (Knight Commander of St. Lucia)

Winston C V Parris, KCSL, CMG, MD,FACPM.