Jamaica

I believe that Snoop Dogg should be awarded the Humanitarian award for all he as done not only in the rap game, but his non-musical contributions to society. Snoop Dogg was one of the best rappers around in the 90's and still is very relevant in the music world today. Ever sence he released "Doggystyle", which is one of the most classic hip hop albums of all time, People have loved Snoop, his music and his lifestyle. Not only was he a rapper though, he is a businessman and he is a very generous…

culture in a particular area. Let’s look at how music influences culture and social change worldwide. Take an example of reggae music, Reggae music is a musical genre that emerged in the 1960s. As time went on, it became a cultural norm not only to Jamaica but the whole world. Its rhythms, spiritual lyrics together with the appearance of its singers among others have influenced cultures, societies throughout the world. This has let to rise of new intercultural movements In Africa, USA and even…

Many stories throughout literary history resonate with their readers. Some enough to be deemed literary classics. Three stories which resonate with readers from all ages are “Boys” by Rick Moody, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, and “Lust” by Susan Minot. All three stories tell of the coming of age experiences that men and woman have, but do not share the same tone. Two in particular, “Girl” and “Lust” are told from the perspective of characters themselves, and “Boys” is told from the perspective of…

Santiago de Palos.Unfortunately, thanks to an epidemic of shipworms eating holes in the planking of his fleet, Columbus was forced to abandon two of his ships and finally had to beach his last two caravels on the north coast of an island now known as Jamaica, on June 25, 1503. [See amazing images of the total lunar eclipse on Oct. 8, 2014] Initially, the native peoples (Arawak Indians) welcomed the castaways, providing them with food and…

down on my too large forehead but I knew I was going to have a blast. It was the year 2006 I was in long road, Jamaica I had joined a race with three of my older cousins and one long known friend. It was a race to see which out of all five of us was the future Usain bolt or the future vernicka Campbell, these two people are some of the best Olympic gold medalist of my island Jamaica; track stars. My father Leroy had heard from my witchy stepmother Zandalyne that I was on the street…

1. By the end of the 1600s, the Chesapeake Bay region was an agro-export economy specializing in the cultivation of tobacco. One geographic benefits of the region to this endeavor is that the Chesapeake Bay region is surrounded by a lot of rivers where it makes trade and transportation of good accessible between different states. According to the Chesapeake Bay River 1 map, there are many rivers such as the Potomac River which extends to other states. In the map the whole region is highlighted…

The 1960 British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan once gave a speech in South Africa known as “The Wind of Change Speech”. Macmillan said, "The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it” (Baker 179). Macmillan was reinforcing that decolonization is taking place in Africa. Most of the European powers had African…

The next day John went to talk to Hawaii but Hawaii didn’t care about what John was saying. Hawaii thought that she was a woman, and she was going to do whatever she wanted to regardless of what anyone said. “Hawaii, my wife told me that she saw you with guys in your bedroom last night. Look, we don’t have a problem with you staying here, but we don’t want you bringing guys in our house without our approval. So don’t let it happen again. Do you here me?” Hawaii rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah,…

In the Olympics, it is understood that Jamaica is known for producing the world’s fastest sprinters. This leaves people wondering what Jamaica does differently to generate these sprinters. After reading the article “A Need for Speed: Inside Jamaica’s Sprint Factory” and learning about systems perspective and biopsychosocial-spiritual influences on behavior, it is evident that there are multiple possible factors that could have contributed to the success of Jamaican sprinters. Biologically,…

of the leader of the Eyre Defence Committee, Thomas Carlyle. Fifteen years before the Morant Bay Rebellion, the Scottish writer engaged in a press debate with John Stuart Mill, the English philosopher who would be his opponent as chairman of the Jamaica Committee. Both published their essays anonymously in Fraser's Magazine: Carlyle wrote a violent critique of Britain's policies toward the former slave population, ‘Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question’ in December 1849; Mill replied with…