Sledge The Soul of Notting Hill

ISBN-13: 9781785072390 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 214 str.

M. G. Robinson

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THE SOUL OF NOTTING HILLSledge came from what would now be classified as a middleclass family his father worked hard and owned his own home inKingston, Jamaica. Sledge however decided to take a differentroad, he became a Rastafarian! Seen by the 1930s Colonialgovernment as rogues and described as natty head and duttyRasta! To legitimize the brutalization of this new culture they werecharged with Treason a crime punishable with imprisonment ordeath- many died. Mortimo Planno, took Sledge under his wingafter Sledge had witnessed the slaying of his only brother Oscaron the streets of Kingston. He was soon headed for England by1958 he had arrived with his Rastafarian faith and ideals rightbehind him - a total enigma to the local Bobby on the beat!Sledge is said to have championed an era now mourned as gonebecause the 1950s residents have seen the area become famous(especially after the young Lady Diana made it her home); theninfamous sometimes simultaneously! The narcotics that nearlymade it New Jack/Crack City, have died out to leave the artisticand vibrant true identity of a community that created the biggestCarnival in Europe! The film Notting Hill also made a big impactto our streets most of the places featured in this book have longsince been gentrified with exclusive designer Stores and WineBars for the multi-millionaires who now covet house and land inour cosmopolitan neighborhood.Sledge his life story captures time and in so many pictures thatwill take your breath away!SLEDGE
Acknowledged as an Icon and a Legend in his community