Meaning
A notorious West Kingston shantytown built on and around a garbage dump ('dunghill'), where the poorest of the poor scavenged and lived, and where early Rastafari gathered. Cleared in the 1960s, the Dungle became a lasting symbol of extreme poverty, survival, and the roots of the Rastafari movement — the depths from which reggae's cry against 'sufferation' rose.
Examples
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People survive by scavenging inna di Dungle.
People survived by scavenging in the Dungle.
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Early Rasta gather inna di Dungle.
Early Rastafari gathered in the Dungle.
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Di Dungle stand fi di depth a ghetto suffering.
The Dungle stands for the depths of ghetto suffering.
Origin
From 'dunghill' — the garbage dump the settlement grew on; a West Kingston shantytown of the mid-20th century, cleared in the 1960s (near Back-a-Wall).
How it’s used
A historically weighty place-name — extreme poverty and early Rastafari roots. Compare 'back-a-wall', 'tenement yaad', 'sufferation'.