many others adopt, mimic or are swallowed up by the conventions of American music and movies. You can see every chapter of Jamaica’s modern social history — the burden of colonialism, the optimism surrounding political independence, the social and ...
established him as one of the most creative forces in dub. Alongside other visionaries who conducted experiments in their respective studios and on the sound systems that played the music, they created dub, which rose to prominence in Jamaica and internationally during the 1970...
The Tainos were early inhabitants of the northern Caribbean who are thought to have arrived in Jamaica around 600 AD. This Arawak-speaking group originated in South America, migrating first to the southern Caribbean, then northward by canoe as they were displaced by the more aggressive Carib peop...
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The Japanese names, Nihon and Nippon, are alternative readings of written characters that mean "origin of the sun" ("Land of the Rising Sun"). European names for the country probably originated with Marco Polo, who most likely adopted a name for Japan used in a Chinese dialect. The nam...
1.the act of transmitting speech, music, visual images, etc., as by radio or television. 2.radio or television as a business or profession. [1920–25] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All...
Geography of Jamaica Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean ... 4,213 square miles ... 146 miles from east to west ... and at her widest 51 miles from St Ann's Bay in the north to Portland Point in the south, lying90 miles south of Cuba, and 118 miles west of Ha...
Jamaica's northern shores are lined by many miles of lovely white sand beaches that attract thousands of American, Canadian, and a growing number of European tourists annually. Kingston, the capital and largest English-speaking city south of Miami, is Jamaica's chief commercial and administrative ...
The music genres reggae, rocksteady, dancehall, and ska all originate from Jamaica. Reggae strongly influenced American rap music and still does to this day. Famous musicians that are (or were) of Jamaican descent include Bob Marley, Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, Beenie Man, and Biggie. Ian Flemin...
Ska Music Ska is widely considered the first indigenous popular music of Jamaica. Moving away from American RnB and West African traditional roots, Ska asserted itself as a genuinely Jamaican musical form. The backbone of Ska music is the interaction of the drums and bass. Perhaps the primary ...