Anita Mahfood "Margarita" - Regarding the 'Uptown Rebel Gal' archetype - this is the original, who personified the rejection of 'uptown' Kingston conventions to join the culture of the underclass and support Rastafari. She was noted for refusing to appear on Jamaica's premier Stage show "The Vere John's Show" unless the promoter allowed the Rasta musical troupe headed by the legendary Count Ossie, to also appear. She was the live-in lover of genius ska/jazz musician Don Drummond and is most famous for being his victim when he murdered her by strangulation during a fit of insane jealousy. A marginal member of the Mahfood family, one of the dozens of Lebanese families that fled from Lebanon to settle in Jamaica during the late 1800's who went on to control much of the commercial activity on the island until today, Margarita was a dancer and budding singer whose rebellion against her expected path in life scandalised Jamaican society during the early 60's.
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