The 1976 Shooting of Mike Henry That Upended Jamaican Politics

Written By The Yaad

It’s the mid 1970’s and political violence is bringing Jamaica to its knees. By the end of 1976, an incident would shock the entire political fraternity when, for the very first time in history, a Jamaican politician was shot due to this political violence,; forever changing the island’s society.

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Additional Knowledge

BOOKS

  • Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica by Obika Gray

  • Election, Violence and the Democratic Process in Jamaica, 1944-2007 by Amanda Sives

  • Inside the Company: C.I.A. Diary by Phillip Agee

  • Jamaica: A Struggle In The Periphery by Michael Manley

  • Jamaica Under Manley: Dilemmas of Socialism and Democracy by Michael Kaufman

  • Small Garden, Bitter Weed: Struggle and Change in Jamaica by George Beckford and Michael Witter

  • The Road Not Taken: Memoirs of a Reluctant Guerilla by Colin Dennis

ACADEMIC PAPERS

  • An Assessment of Overvoting in Jamaica by Mark Figueros

  • Coverage of Jamaica in the U.S. and Canadian Press in 1976: A Study of Press Bias and Effect by Marlene Cuthbert and Vernone Sparkes

  • Dependent Development and Foreign Policy: The Case of Jamaica by William Jesse Biddle and John D. Stephens

  • Foreign Policy and Dependency: The Case of Jamaica, 1972-89 by Holger Henke

  • Political Violence and Urban Geography in Kingston, Jamaica by L. Alan Eyre

  • Reflections on Political Polling in Jamaica by Carl Stone

  • Regional Party Voting in Jamaica (1959-1976) by Carl Stone

  • The 1976 Parliamentary Election in Jamaica by Carl Stone

FICTIONAL BOOKS

  • A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

  • Power Game by Perry Henzell

ARTICLES

FILMS

  • Better Mus' Come (2010), directed by Storm Saulter

  • Blood and Fire: Jamaica’s Political History produced by BBC

  • ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? (2018) directed by Kief Davidson

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