YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD

<p>If a people's movement <br />Together we aim for the same sky.<br />We should hail Marcus Garvey<br />Not jail Rastafari.<br />From 'Letter to Comrade Maurice</p><p>In the 50th anniversary of Grenada's independence and 41 years after the traumatic demise of it's Socialist Revolution 'The Untold Story' revises a dark chapter in the island's history often overlooked - the mass arrests and detention of Rastafarians by the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) and their subjection to labour-camp-like conditions at the infamous Hope Vale detention centre.<br />To a soundtrack of revolutionary anthems and archival snapshots the verses march up and down - wailing in memory loss and grief over this dim past but ultimately rising to celebrate the triumphant redemption of the Rastaman:</p><p>Whoever tries to paint the picture<br />In Portrait of Grenada<br />With a page a paragraph and a half<br />Is but a faint scratch<br />To defy the facts and deny the Ras<br /> From Scalping History</p>