In the early 1960s, young Jamaica was finding her voice. She wanted to tell her own stories of Independence, life, love and hardship in music and dance… ways that would attract global attention. In steps young Edward Phillip George Seaga, who would lead the formation of a festival office in 1963. This agency would later become the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and serve as HQ for the development and proliferation of local folk forms.
Presented by:
Vanessa Silvera
