Rollington Town is a neighborhood in
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Por ...
. Part of it is in
Kingston Parish
Kingston is one of the 14 Parishes of Jamaica. Together with neighbouring St. Andrew Parish, it makes up the amalgamated Municipal Unit of Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. The city of Kingston is the parish and national capital.
Kingst ...
. A campus of
Kingston College is in Rollington Town.
Notable events
In 2017
Jamaica Urban Transit Company
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is a public transport service operating within the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR), Spanish Town and Portmore owned by the Politics of Jamaica, Jamaican Government.
The company is headquart ...
(JUTC) suspended service on a line through Rollington Town because of road blocks and violence. The company's buses had been attacked by stone throwers.
Service was restored the next day.
Oku Onuora
Oku Nagba Ozala Onuora (born Orlando Wong, 9 March 1952), known as the "father of Jamaican dub poetry" is a Jamaican dub poet and performer.
Biography
Orlando Wong was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952.Habekost, Christian (1993) ''Verbal Ridd ...
formed a community school in the area and organized in the area. He distributed ''
Abeng
An Abeng is an animal horn or musical instrument in the language of the Akan people. The word ''abeng'' is from the Twi language in modern-day Ghana, it is a commonly used word in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica, and the instrument is associate ...
'' and was arrested in Rollington Town. Scholar and activist
Walter Rodney
Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include '' How Europe Underdeveloped Africa'', first published in 1972. He was assassinated in Georgetown, ...
was also active in the area.
Notable residents
Boris Gardiner
Boris Gardiner (born 13 January 1943) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter and bass guitarist. He was a member of several groups during the 1960s before recording as a solo artist and having hit singles with " Elizabethan Reggae" (in 1970), " I Wan ...
was born in Rollington Town.
Ken Rickards
Kenneth Roy Rickards (22 August 1923 – 21 August 1995) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in two Test matches from 1948 to 1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom ...
,
Sadiki
Henry Buckley Jr. aka Sadiki previously known as Pancho Kryztal (born 17 November 1971, Kingston, Jamaica), is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter and producer.
Early life
He was born Henry Buckley Jr., in Rollington Town, Kingston, Jamaic ...
, and
Connie Mark
Constance Winifred Mark, MBE, BEM (née McDonald, previously Goodridge; 21 December 1923 – 3 June 2007) was a Jamaican-born community organiser and activist. She served as a medical secretary in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in World Wa ...
are also from Rollington Town. Cricketers
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricket team, Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies from 1999 to 2021. Nicknamed "The Universe Boss", Gayle is wide ...
and
Irvin Iffla
Irvin Bancroff Iffla (20 January 1924 – 16 March 2012) was a Jamaican-born cricketer who lived and played in Scotland.
Life
He was born in Kingston, Jamaica the son of Donald Keith Iffla (1893-1926) and his wife Epoldina Maud Patterson ( ...
are also from Rollington Town.
Cultural references
Trevor D. Rhone's play ''Two Can Play'' is set in Rollington Town.
[Trevor D. Rhone]
References
Neighbourhoods in Kingston, Jamaica
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