You Haven't Been Told: Hope Vale
If a people's movement,
Together we aim for the same sky.
We should hail Marcus Garvey,
Not jail Rastafari.
From 'Letter to Comrade Maurice”

In the 50th anniversary of Grenada's independence, and 41 years after the traumatic demise of it's Socialist Revolution, 'The Untold Story' revises a dark chapter in the island's history often overlooked - the mass arrests and detention of Rastafarians by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), and their subjection to labour-camp-like conditions at the infamous Hope Vale detention centre.
To a soundtrack of revolutionary anthems and archival snapshots, the verses march up and down - wailing in memory, loss and grief over this dim past, but ultimately rising to celebrate the triumphant redemption of the Rastaman:

Whoever tries to paint the picture
In Portrait of Grenada
With a page, a paragraph and a half
Is but a faint scratch
To defy the facts and deny the Ras
From "Scalping History"

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You Haven't Been Told: Hope Vale
If a people's movement,
Together we aim for the same sky.
We should hail Marcus Garvey,
Not jail Rastafari.
From 'Letter to Comrade Maurice”

In the 50th anniversary of Grenada's independence, and 41 years after the traumatic demise of it's Socialist Revolution, 'The Untold Story' revises a dark chapter in the island's history often overlooked - the mass arrests and detention of Rastafarians by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), and their subjection to labour-camp-like conditions at the infamous Hope Vale detention centre.
To a soundtrack of revolutionary anthems and archival snapshots, the verses march up and down - wailing in memory, loss and grief over this dim past, but ultimately rising to celebrate the triumphant redemption of the Rastaman:

Whoever tries to paint the picture
In Portrait of Grenada
With a page, a paragraph and a half
Is but a faint scratch
To defy the facts and deny the Ras
From "Scalping History"

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You Haven't Been Told: Hope Vale

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by Jeffrey L B-Izzaak
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by Jeffrey L B-Izzaak

Overview

If a people's movement,
Together we aim for the same sky.
We should hail Marcus Garvey,
Not jail Rastafari.
From 'Letter to Comrade Maurice”

In the 50th anniversary of Grenada's independence, and 41 years after the traumatic demise of it's Socialist Revolution, 'The Untold Story' revises a dark chapter in the island's history often overlooked - the mass arrests and detention of Rastafarians by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), and their subjection to labour-camp-like conditions at the infamous Hope Vale detention centre.
To a soundtrack of revolutionary anthems and archival snapshots, the verses march up and down - wailing in memory, loss and grief over this dim past, but ultimately rising to celebrate the triumphant redemption of the Rastaman:

Whoever tries to paint the picture
In Portrait of Grenada
With a page, a paragraph and a half
Is but a faint scratch
To defy the facts and deny the Ras
From "Scalping History"

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798823049313
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication date: 07/30/2025
Pages: 172
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey L. B-Izzaak has been observing and documenting from the past and present world around him, from the island of Carriacou. He has read in several Caribbean islands, and his poems have most recently appeared in Canadian literary magazine, Kola. He worked with British-based artist Olga Miksche on illustrations for his previous two collections. This is his 6th book of verse. 

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