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Adidja Azim Palmer (born 7 January 1976), [2] [3] [4] better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay. [5] Among his various nicknames, he is referred to as Worl' Boss or Teacha. [6]
Today the Indian population of Jamaica is either full-blooded Indian who are recent immigrants or their descendants, full-blooded Indians who are the descendants of the original indentured laborers, or mixed Indians, such as Douglas, Chindians, and Anglo-Indians.
Rita Marley was born in Santiago de Cuba, to Leroy Anderson and Cynthia "Beda" Jarrett.Her parents moved to Kingston, Jamaica, when she was three months old. [2] In her memoir, No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley, Rita describes how she was raised by her Aunt Viola after her parents separated. [3]
Born in Panama, to Daniel and Ruby Thompson, he was raised in Westmoreland, Jamaica, where he was a student at The Mico (now Mico University College) in the 1930s. [1] After a short period as headmaster of a rural school, he joined the Royal Air Force during the Second World War – one of Britain's first black pilots – and saw active service (1941–45) as a flight lieutenant in RAF Bomber ...
Leighton Keith Shervington was born in Saint Andrew Parish, Kingston, Jamaica, on 13 August 1950. [1] [2] [3]In 1966, at the age of 16, Shervington joined a band called The Presidents, leaving a year later to join The Hurricanes.
The local branch of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) also began publishing their own paper, The Chung San News (中山報) in 1953. [22] Prior to Jamaican independence, there was an annual Miss Chinese Jamaica pageant, initially organized as a fundraiser for the CBA. [25]
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator.Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole, Bennett worked to preserve the practice of presenting poetry, folk songs and stories in patois ("nation language"), [2] establishing the validity of local languages for literary expression.
Ottey was named Ambassador of Jamaica after winning her gold medal at the 1993 World Championships. She has also been named Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year 13 times between 1979 and 1995. [citation needed] Throughout her career, she has won nine Olympic medals, which ties with Allyson Felix for the most by any woman in track and field history ...