Just some fun facts about Jamaica: Jamaica was the very first country in the Western world to build a railway. They had theirs built before the United States had one. Jamaica is also the first team from the English-speaking Caribbean that qualified for the Football World Cup. That was ...
But don't forget about Silver Surfer, a character who is so fast that he travels through hyperspace and exceeds light speed, traveling 500,000 light years per second [source:Austin]. There's also Quicksilver, some argue, and even good oldSuperman, who supposedly can fly at an unlimited sp...
Fun fact– Blighia sapida is Jamaica’s national fruit and a part of their national dish. So, you’d be thinking that the tree/fruit is indigenous to the island, right? No! The plant was carried from West Africa to the island then was discovered by Captain William Bligh. He then transp...
is one of the greatest challenges we have on our hands, as well as the greatest opportunity. Communicating with clarity on these issues is vital. I know no one wants to spend any time on anything these days, but this is three and a half hours that...
The Yellow Bird is a very tropical drink. It’s a bit too sweet for my liking but does feel like holidays and that’s always good. Possibly even a holiday in Jamaica but I wouldn’t know (although a friendly reminder thatFiji was shit). ...
Hip-Hop is an extensive and a broad conglomerate of various artistic forms that ultimately originated in the South Bronx and then quickly spread throughout the rest of New York City among African-Americans and other African-American youth mainly from the Caribbean and from Jamaica during the 1970...
He is young and sulky and hates Paris but, being a sportsman, enjoys Switzerland. While in Geneva, he becomes fascinated with a striking woman who is traveling only with her servants. This mysterious woman, about ten years older than Paul, takes him in hand and begins opening his mind to...
It’s barely a question that needs to be asked, in all actuality. What is a heron? Herons end up being one of the few groups of birds as beloved by the general public as by those of us who know birds. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been a social situation wherein I...
Don’t you think there is more to the fact that Jane Eyre takes place in England, but The Wide Sargasso Sea is mostly set in Jamaica.Student: It's just that I’ve already works so hard and my schedule was so tight. Now I wish I schedule a conference with you before I started my...
Although it was informed by a world of music, mento is clearly, uniquely Jamaican. And as Jamaica's original music, all other Jamaican music can trace its roots to mento. Some styles of mento would evolve into ska and reggae. (As a matter of fact, some mento songs are still being ...