Jamaica

Jamaica Kincaid’s writing often contains societal critique. One reoccurring critique focuses on female gender expectations and gender roles in Antigua. Kincaid portrays these gendered concerns through the mother daughter dynamic. The mother connects to the cultural constraints, and serves as the authoritative voice. The mother’s authority outlines the rules for proper female behavior. Through “Girl,” Annie John, and My Brother, Kincaid portrays steps toward breaking away from gendered Antiguan…

hardest times in their life or to make up what they are known for today to show their significant to the world through music. We will be looking at today the significance of reggae music and going back to where it’s came up and how reggae impacted Jamaica, Barbados and Cuba and its people to through the use of artist and how it then affected each person’s life in every country hearing and listening to reggae music in a different meaning and culture viewing. Reggae was from 1969 to 1983, during…

traditions, food, religion, language and more. I am a first generation Jamaican-American, which means my parents were born in Jamaica, then they immigrated to America and had me. Honestly I am more connected with American culture than anything else, but for the sake of this paper I’ll write about Jamaica’s food, language and sports. Probably the most iconic thing about Jamaica and Jamaicans…

had never really contemplated how certain governments were systematically oppressing other governments and therefore the people of those nations. Life and Debt’s focus on Jamaica shows just how vast of an impact this idea of global inequality can have on an entire nation. A major focus of the film was how the loans that Jamaica accepted from the International Monetary Fund ended up causing more harm than good. The IMF charged them steep interest rates and forced them to invest in short term…

One year ago I went on a cruise to the Bahamas, to Freeport and Nassau. They were both very beautiful and amazing places. My parents, having been to Jamaica, said that Nassau and Freeport didn’t even compare to the beautiful water and beaches of Jamaica. They said that your eyes are captivated by the gorgeous exotice plant life and the colors of birds. The smell of the ocean hits your nose and the warmth of the sun immediately touches your skin. They described the amazing hidden waterfalls and…

The music of Jamaica is said to be the most powerful art form and cultural heritage of the island. Today, there are many diverse music forms of Jamaica, which all resulted from the evolution of Jamaican folk music. New cultural traditions were practiced, which allowed for new social norms to emerge after the Spaniards invaded the island…

the Americas to work on farms and to pick crops. In the Caribbean, sugar cane was the prime crop, and their were many cane farms on the islands of the Caribbean, such as Jamaica, which brought many slaves to this region of the world. As time went on, the resistance to slavery began to grow within the black communities of Jamaica, which eventually led to organized revolutions and free black communities on the island. Even though the origins of Rastafarianism are dated to be in the 1930’s (when…

previous decades, Jamaica had relied heavily on their natural resources for economic stability, but when global prices for ore fell, the economy began to plummet. Jamaica’s government began to rely more heavily on loans from the World Bank, IMF and the Inter-American Development Bank. Meanwhile, the economy was not growing, and the Jamaican people were often experiencing negative growth (Dennis). In Sudhanshu Handa and Damien King’s work, Adjustment with a Human Face? Evidence from Jamaica, they…

Reading Garvey’s Ghost opened my heart to the importance of history, origin and culture. Garvey’s Ghost is a well written novel by Geoffrey Philp. Geoffrey was born in Jamaica and currently resides in Miami, Florida. In the novel, Geoffrey introduces the reader to a young Jamaican mother named Kathryn, who lives in Miami, Florida with her daughter, Jasmine. As the reader continues to emerge themselves in the book, they’ll soon realize how conflicted the characters are. Jasmine goes missing and…

Coming to American to most people in the Caribbean is a place where one can escape the life of less opportunity and I was given that chance. Living in Jamaica is one of the hardest things one can ever endure. Yes, the island is a beautiful island but it can also be one of the most violent places to live. My aunt gave my family that chance. Jamaica is also a poor country, and everything back home has to be paid for including education and coming to America I had the opportunity to come to school…