Orlando Patterson

Harvard University

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John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and author of several books including the forthcoming, The Enigma of Jamaica

Orlando Patterson on KCRW

A photographer catches up with Bolt after his gold-medal win at the London's Olympics Photo by  Hilts uk  
 Usain Bolt is billed as the fastest man on Earth, and other Jamaicans are…

The secret of Jamaica's runners

A photographer catches up with Bolt after his gold-medal win at the London's Olympics Photo by Hilts uk Usain Bolt is billed as the fastest man on Earth, and other Jamaicans are…

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