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The New, Old Jamaica Samra Habib (Saturday Night, June 2004) 1 Every decade has its musical genre revivals. In the ’70s, Sha Na Na brought back the bop; the ’80s had a ’60s psychedelic flashback; and swing and old-style Cuban ensembles filled dance floors once again in the ’90s. Now, North American clubland speakers are throbbing with the sounds of old Jamaica. Mento, a unique Jamaican folk music popular in the 1950s, is finally getting the international attention it deserves. 2 Mento has its roots in music performed with homemade