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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]
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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
From 1945, it published the Jamaican Historical Review, [3] and from 1952 it published a Bulletin. [4] Initially, the society's publications were funded by the British Council. [5] In the years before the University College of the West Indies in 1948, the society was dominated by the local and expatriate middle class of Jamaica.
Pages in category "British people of Jamaican descent" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pages in category "English people of Jamaican descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 996 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .