1. Anita "Margarita" Mahfood was a dancer, actress, and singer in Jamaica.
18 Facts About Anita Mahfood
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Anita Mahfood was called "the famous Rhumba queen" and headlined performances.
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Anita Mahfood performed reggae music, writing and singing her own music, one of the first women in Jamaica to do so.
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Anita Mahfood's family were Syrian-Lebanese-Jamaican, with ancestors who emigrated from Syria and Lebanon to Jamaica in the 1870s to pursue commercial trade.
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Anita Mahfood was married to Ruldolph Bent, a boxer from Belize, with whom she had two children: Christopher and Suzanne.
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Anita Mahfood did not seem interested in a life of a middle-class light skinned privilege.
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Anita Mahfood frequently performed as a dancer with Count Ossie, who backed her during her performances.
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Anita Mahfood was scheduled to dance as part of "Opportunity Knocks", a talent showcase at the Ward Theatre in Kingston.
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Promoter Vere Johns refused to let Count Ossie back Anita Mahfood because he was a Rastafarian, discrimination of this kind being common during the 1950s.
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Anita Mahfood refused to perform, knowing that if she did not appear Johns would have a lower attendance at the event.
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Johns eventually relented and Anita Mahfood performed with Count Ossie and his band.
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Anita Mahfood was easily triggered, attacking her in front of bandmates.
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Anita Mahfood released the single "Woman Come" on Black Swan in 1964.
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On 31 December 1964, Drummond missed the Skatalites' New Year's Eve concert at La Parisienne in Harbour View, after Anita Mahfood accidentally gave him the wrong medication.
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That night, Anita Mahfood was working at a club in Rockfort.
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Anita Mahfood stabbed her in the chest four times, killing her instantly.
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Drummond went to the local police station and claimed that Anita Mahfood had stabbed herself.
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In 2013, Anita Mahfood was honoured by the University of Technology, Jamaica, for her contributions to Jamaican music.