Ephraim Malachi Martin

CTL-E-0410 · Person · unspecified

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Jamaican-born Chicagoan Ephraim Malachi Martin established Martin's International and, through it, the African/Caribbean International Festival of Life (1993), the Caribbean Festival (CAF, 2004), and the Jerk, Seafood & Vegan Fest (2017).

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Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-095; source research type(s): Person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

International Festival of Life official biography (internationalfestivaloflife.com PDF); jamsat.com festival history; Eventbrite JSV Fest 2018 listing (primary source)

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