Man from Jamaica’s Hills

Elkanah Rhule, a school principal, has been producing short plays for the amusement of school children and community people for many years. His first book, Man from Jamaica’s Hills (1996) and his second book, Come Back Old Iron Blue (2000) became national bestsellers in their first years of publication. They have also become souvenirs for Jamaicans visiting from abroad.

For more than ten years he has been reading passages from, ‘Man from Jamaica’s Hill’ for the entertainment  of school children. this book went into print as a result of constant demand from past students for their own copies.

Elkanah Rhule is a graduate of Caledonia Junior College, Mico Teachers College and the University of the West Indies.