Culture of Jamaica

Unorthodox Jukebox is an album composed by Bruno Mars in 2012 that is unique in its own way by having multiple genres instead of one. For example, “Locked out of Heaven,” the hit single in this album is a mix of reggae and funk, also it carries many 80s influences especially from the ‘Oh, Yeah, Yeah!’ that are throughout the song, whereas the song “Moonshine” is considered an R&B song with a lot of 80s influences throughout the whole song. Apart from having reggae and R&B, Mars also had included…

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…

There's a lot going on in Panama these days that have nothing to do with the iconic Panama Canal. What is it? It's entrepreneurship going to new levels with Panama's relax atmosphere for business development and expansion. Ready With Unexplored Opportunities An amazing combination of beautiful, European-styled colonial buildings, quiet, laid-back villages, expansive coffee and cocoa plantations, pristine beaches, mountain and seaside resorts, this southernmost Central American nation beckons…

West Indian culture within Britian's community. His article focuses on the underground movement of reggae music and how it was used by young blacks to attain a sense of cultural independence. Hebdige briefly highlights the range of subcultures such as "hard mods", skinheads, and spiritual Rastafarians that originated in London in the late 1950's and well into the mid 1960's. He argues that the style of these different subcultures separated themselves from Britian's frameworked culture and…

My favorite image in the museum of bad arts is the one on the left, which is Bob Marley. He was a well-known Rastafarian movement activist and also a world-renowned Reggae Music legend. In light of his strict vegetarian lifestyle, the artist decided to embed the tail of a small mammal on his dreadlocks to project irony to the music legend vegan lifestyle. This seemed somewhat bizarre to me because looking closely at the image; it had me thinking to myself whether that was a piece of fur that was…

famous world heritage sites including the natural harbor that dominates the old town of Habana Vieja. The city offers invaluable opportunity to learn about the culture and history of Cuba with historical figures dominated the country.…

Tragedy struck two days before he got on stage, gunmen broke into the Marley home and shot at Bob, Rita, and two friends. Luckily no one was killed. But despite his wounds Bob went on stage and put on a memorable show two days later at the Smile Jamaica concert. After Bob and his wife made full recovery from the shootout the band left for the UK. There they recorded their best album “Exodus”. It was number one in many countries including England, Germany and the United States and was also one…

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…

One place you should go to is Grand Cayman. In September 2016, I went on a cruise on the Carnival Breeze. The Carnival Breeze left from Galveston, Texas. It was a seven-day cruise that stopped at three ports. The three ports were Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had four sea days and three port days. The days at sea were very different than the days at port. My favorite day out of all seven days was the fourth day. The fourth day we stopped at Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman was beautiful.…

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…