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Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. The vast majority of Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African descent, with minorities of Europeans, Indians, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and others of mixed ancestry. The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in other Anglophone countries, namely Canada, the United ...
The Taíno were a historic Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, whose culture has been continued today by Taíno descendant communities and Taíno revivalist communities. [2] [3] At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of what is now Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the northern Lesser ...
White Jamaicans. White Jamaicans (also known as Jamaica-white) are Jamaican people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Great Britain and Ireland. [ 2] There are also communities of people who are descendants of people who arrived from Spain, Germany [ 3] and Portugal. [ 4]
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. The country had a population of 2,825,352 in 2023, the fourth largest in the region . Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant . A more precise study conducted by the local University of the West ...
Indo-Jamaicans. Indo-Jamaicans are the descendants of people who came from India and the wider subcontinent to Jamaica. Indians form the third largest ethnic group in Jamaica after Africans and Multiracials. [ 1]
Around 950 AD, the people of the Meillacan culture settled on both the coast and the interior of Jamaica, either absorbing the Ostionoid people or co-inhabiting the island with them. [1] The Arawak–Taíno culture developed on Jamaica around 1200 AD. [3] They brought from South America a system of raising yuca known as "conuco."
Genres. Rocksteady, reggae. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) Bass guitar. Years active. Mid-1960s–present. Lloyd Parks (born 26 May 1949) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist as well as part of Skin, Flesh & Bones, The Revolutionaries, The Professionals, and We the People Band.
Johnny Fils-Aimé/For the Miami Herald. Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his Caribbean nation would be willing to deploy soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part ...