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The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]
Michael Page (born 1987), professional boxer and mixed martial artist; mother was from Jamaica; Jimmy Peters (born 1879), first black man to play rugby union for England; Nathan Redmond (born 1994), footballer; Jason Robinson (born 1974), rugby international, first black captain of the England national rugby union team.
British African-Caribbean people or British Afro-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. [5] They are British citizens whose recent ancestors originate from the Caribbean, and further trace much of their ancestry to West and Central Africa or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK. There are some self ...
After World War 2, Great Britain experienced a massive labor shortage. To solve this problem they invited people from the West Indies, mostly Jamaicans, to migrate to Britain. This lasted from 1948 to 1971. These people are known as the Windrush Generation, named after the first ship that carried passengers from Jamaica to the UK, Empire ...
The royal couple arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday as part of a week-long tour of former British Caribbean colonies, but have faced public questioning of the British Empire's legacy.
Pages in category "Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 220 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
English people of Jamaican descent (2 C, 996 P) M. Montserratian people of Jamaican descent (2 P) S. Scottish people of Jamaican descent (3 P) T.
It also houses the offices of the Jamaica Tourist Board, [8] the Jamaica Information Service [9] and the European Regional Office of Jamaica Trade and Invest. [10] JHC UK (the Jamaican High Commission in the United Kingdom) prides itself in providing a rounded diplomatic experience to Jamaican Foreign Service officers, as it deals with ...