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The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in other Anglophone countries, namely Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Jamaican populations are also prominent in other Caribbean countries , territories and Commonwealth realms , where in the Cayman Islands , born Jamaicans, as well as Caymanians of Jamaican origin, make up 26.8% of ...
Tyrone Marshall, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Darren Mattocks, Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player; Mike McCallum, champion boxer; Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-born Slovenian sprinter, the world's most winning female athlete; Asafa Powell, sprinter, former 100m world record holder
Macka Diamond, real name Charmaine Munroe, dancehall artist; Michael Manley, Jamaican politician and prime minister; Bob Marley, great musician and singer-songwriter; Damian Marley, reggae artiste and youngest son of Bob Marley; Ziggy Marley, reggae artiste and son of Bob Marley; Justin Masterson, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland ...
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Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011. Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 to 5 January 2012.
The original Indentured labourers arriving in Jamaica during the mid to late 19th century mostly did not have surnames back in India. Once arriving in Jamaica, in order to assimilate easier into Jamaican society, they often took Anglo/British originated family names due to those being the majority in the country.
Jamaican culture consists of the religion, norms, values, and lifestyle that define the people of Jamaica. The culture is mixed, with an ethnically diverse society, stemming from a history of inhabitants beginning with the original inhabitants of Jamaica (the Taínos ).
Jamaica (/ dʒ ə ˈ m eɪ k ə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [9]