Jamaica's divisive republican push | Documentary | SBS Dateline
Jamaica has announced plans to hold a referendum in 2024 to become a republic. Dateline went to the Caribbean nation that is confronting a history of colonisation and debating whether it’s time to cut ties with the crown.
00:00 Intro
00:59 The unofficial national anthem of Jamaica
03:47 The Caribbean Monarchists League
04:56 Relics of an uncomfortable past
08:50 Why republican advocates wrote a letter to Prince William
12:45 The Australian Republican Movement
14:23 Australia's failed 1999 republic referendum
17:18 Jamaica's minister for constitutional affairs talks about the nation's transition to a republic
18:47 Music as a form of political protest and a backbone of Jamaican identity
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