A Tool For Understanding The Evolution Of Modern Jamaica
When people think of Rastafarian culture, they think of people with dreadlocks, or even individuals with dreadlocks smoking ganja, and smoking ganja without knowing its serious philosophy. Analytically, the culture defines a helpful tool for understanding the evolution of modern Jamaica. It originated among the socially disenfranchised and impoverished Afro-Jamaican communities in the 1930s. Its ideology was mostly an irritant on the then British colonial backside, and thus a unique perspective to comprehend historical developments in Jamaica. Through their language,…...
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History and Culture of Jamaica
Introduction Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas after the United States and Canada. Although a small island in the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica is a melting pot of cultures from all around the world. From the beggining, the island was inhabited by ancient tribes with different coustoms, beliefs and backrounds. Since Columbus discovered the island in 1494 nothing remained the same, the Spanish colonists assumed control of the island and forced most of it’s native inhabitants…...
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