From the shores of the Caribbean. But Harry Belafonte was so much more than that. He was born in Harlem, New York. 1927. To parents from Jamaica. Growing up, he lived in Jamaica with his grandparents ...
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro is the author of the books Island People, Names of New York and a forthcoming book on Harry Belafonte, part of Penguin Press' Significations series edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr ...