Reprinted from the Jamaica Observer
Frances-Marie Coke, nee Phillips, was in all likelihood in her early twenties when she mounted the Number 22 JOS bus towards North Street, via South Camp Road. Along the way, the bus would have passed her alma mater, the Convent of
Kingston College has a history of accommodating students from the continent of Africa.
In October 1928, 12 year old Aki Shackleford was sent from Lagos, Nigeria to Jamaica to attend KC ( He once told me his father had said that he's going to "Gibson's School").
It’s been many years since
You sadly passed away
I’m sure many people wish
You were still here today.
You were the champion of
The cause for the blacks