Trenchtown

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Trench Town Trenchtown
Coordinates	17 ° 59 ′  N , 76 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 59 ′  N , 76 ° 48 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Jamaica
county	Surrey
Parish	Kingston

Trenchtown is a district of Kingston , Jamaica . It is mostly inhabited by the poor and can be described as a slum area.

The district is particularly known for the numerous reggae musicians who grew up there. They include Bob Marley , Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer , who wrote their first songs there and founded the band The Wailing Wailers . The group named the songs Trenchtown Rock and Trenchtown after this district. In the song No Woman, No Cry , Marley also sings about his time in the "government yard in Trenchtown" in retrospect, addressing his mother in particular, who suffered from the difficult conditions in the neighborhoods in Trenchtown.

Web links

• Trenchtown Reading Center

Commons : Trench Town  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files