This is Jamaica
Welcome to Jamaica ! Yes this is the loveliest of all the islands. The first thing to strike the visitor are the great mountain ranges...
Month : January 2018
Pre-History: The Tainos of Jamaica
Jamaica’s recorded history can be divided into three distinct periods, beginning with the Tainos of Jamaica. It begins in 1494 with the arrival of Christopher...
The Spanish colonial period 1494-1655
Columbus arrived at St. Anns Bay on May 5, 1494 but finding the Indians hostile, he moved on to a harbour ‘shaped like a horseshoe’...
The English Period 1655-1962
If Columbus’ so–called ‘discovery’ of Jamaica was a “buck-up” as Jamaicans would say, the English capture and subsequent colonization of the island could be described...
Jamaica: Geography
Jamaica is the largest of the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean with an area of 4,411 square miles. The island measures 243 km from east...
The Jamaican Government
The Jamaican Government operates a democratic system of government guaranteed by a Constitution and reinforced by the rule of law. The Head of State is...
The Jamaican Language
English is the language of Jamaica but like most countries it has a dialect or creole which Jamaicans nowadays refer to as ‘patwa’. English is...
Jamaican People
Who is a Jamaican? What makes Jamaicans different and distinguishable from the rest of the world? Why do others want to be Jamaican and speak...
Jamaican Culture
INCORPORATING ART, LITERATURE, DANCE AND THEATRE AND ITS FOLK CULTURE A description of Jamaica’s culture requires a separation of its contemporary forms of culture as...
Jamaica’s National Heroes
All of Jamaica’s National Heroes are interred in National Heroes Park in Kingston and are remembered on ‘National Heroes Day’ each year on October 15....