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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]
Co-founder of the first black British glossy magazine, Root [19] [20] Val McCalla (died 2002), accountant and media entrepreneur. He was the founder of The Voice, a British weekly newspaper aimed at the Britain's black community; Pat McGrath (born 1965), founder of Pat McGrath Labs which has an estimated value of $1 billion
British Jamaicans, Jamaican Canadians, Jamaican Australians, Afro-Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans, Indo-Jamaicans, European Jamaicans, Lebanese Jamaicans, Afro Americans, Hakka Americans, West Africans Jamaican Americans are an ethnic group of Caribbean Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry.
The following table is a list of stadiums in Central America and the Caribbean with a capacity of at least 10,000. The other stadiums in North America are in the links above the list. List of indoor arenas in Canada; List of stadiums in Canada; List of stadiums in Mexico; List of indoor arenas in Mexico; List of indoor arenas in the United States
The Jamaican community has had an influence on Toronto's culture. Caribana (the celebration of Caribbean culture) is an annual event in the city. The parade is held downtown on the first Saturday of August, shutting down a portion of Lake Shore Boulevard. Jamaica Day is in July, and the Jesus in the City parade attracts many Jamaican Christians.
In 2007 Neville "Teddy" McCook (Jamaica) was elected as new president [2] [3] and was re-elected in 2011. [4] After McCook died on February 11, 2013, Alain Jean-Pierre from Haiti , treasurer of NACAC and president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), acted as interim president.
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The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire. Jamaica became a British colony from 1707 and a Crown colony in 1866. The Colony was primarily used for sugarcane production, and experienced many slave rebellions over the course of British rule ...