Barton Watson Influence On Jamaica

The country that I chose to conduct a culture analysis on is Jamaica. Jamaica is a third world country located in North America and the 3rd largest island in the Caribbean Sea. There is a 2.5 million population, which equally divided between urban and rural areas. The country runs approximately 146 miles long and varies between 21- 52 miles wide. The climate is tropical and its main tourist attraction is their beautiful beaches. The capital of Jamaica is Kingston, which has a population of more than 645,000. Kingston is the chief port of Jamaica and is along the southeastern coast of the island. It is covered by the “Blue Mountains”, which is thickly covered which tree ferns. The Blue Mountains experiences an average of 200 inches of rain annually, resulting in topsoil erosion and an abundance of streams. Peasants nurture coffee, usually grown on large plantations, in the valleys of the mountains. It is amongst the most expensive coffees in the world and is exported mainly to Japan.

Burton (2015) in her Journal, ‘Globalisation and Cultural Identity in Caribbean Society: The Jamaican Case,’ however points out that Jamaica has a unique culture and this has shaped how that countries adapts to the effects of colonialism and even globalisation.

In the year 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail and landed in what is now known as Bahamas, claiming it for Spain. He

John B. Watson was born on January 9th in the year of 1878 in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. He was named after a prominent Baptist minister in hope that it would help him receive the call to become a preacher of gospel. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina with his mother and father and three older siblings. The Watson Family was very poor, they claimed that the family lost their wealth in the Civil War. John’s mother Emma was very religious, her soul focus was on her farm, her kids and her religion. The Watsons attended the local Baptist church in their home town. In their home God and the Devil played a major role in their everyday lives. In his upbringing

The community of Jamaica is a middle class vicinity that is located in the New York City borough Queens. According to American Fact Finder it has an estimated population of 32, 821 with the margin of error being 1550. Of the 32,821 population, there are only 1543 whites (4.7%) populating the Jamaica area of Queens while the community is heavily populated with blacks with the fact finder coming up with 24,847 Black or African American (74.6%) that resides there. The other 6431 left of the populations are divided among American Indian and Alaska Native (1.6%), Asian (7.0%), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.3%) and some Other Race (14.1%). The community of Jamaica has a diverse and large population and it has not always been so. In the 19th century and early 20th century the population of Jamaica mostly consist of Whites and new Irish immigrants. In the 1950s after the whites started moving out of the neighborhood African American took their place and after the price of houses fell many Hispanics and West Indian immigrants started moving into Jamaica. A population so heavily populated with Blacks and other minority races have led may people to categorize the neighborhood of Jamaica has a bad area to live in. Many whites avoid moving into this neighborhood and are more likely to leave than to move in and a conclusion that can be drawn from this would be that whites are afraid of living among Blacks and other minority groups because if certain stigmatisms placed on

The music industry in Jamaica is one of the most influential in the world. Popular music genres such as reggae and dancehall was both originated in Jamaica. Likewise, rap and hip hop was stated by a Jamaican, called Kool Herc. Bob Marley is also a famous music artist from Jamaica. His music played an important role in many movements in Jamaica and all over the world. The most famous one is the fight against apartheid in South Africa. Dancing is also important in Jamaica. A famous proverb in Jamaica, is that “those who can’t dance, blame it on the music”. In all african countries, music and dancing is really normal and it’s like this in Jamaica too. It is normal to dance on the streets in public and have fun, while listening to music. By all means music and dancing is undoubtedly important for Jamaica and the culture is mostly based around

James Watson was born in Chicago Illinois, on April 6, 1928. During his early years, James attended Horace Mann Grammar School, and later on to South Shore High School before earning himself a scholarship to the University of Chicago at just age 15. (Watson, James Biography 4) Watson is 89 years of age and is still living in his home state of Illinois, and is happily married to his wife Elizabeth, who together, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary (Cash, Nelson 2)

The island of Jamaica is very rich in culture and has many historic turnabouts throughout the years. The country has a rich and complex history including being the first country to have Arawak and Taino Indians settle there.

Jamaica is a land of diverse cultures. It has a number of different racial ethnic groups .The largest group however is the blacks or Africans so 'Jamaica’s culture' is predominantly black. Interwoven is also the European culture which these blacks learnt from their former white slaves masters. You will find Indians living in Jamaica also. Many Indians came to Jamaica as indentured servants and stayed, they too have an input in the Jamaica’s culture.

     The people of Jamaica have no influence on the daily economic decisions that affect their lives. For almost 25 years, Jamaica has been able to keep a very small percentage of its national revenue because of agencies like the World Bank and IMF. While other big name countries continue to grow economically, these

Jamaica was occupied by Arawak Indians when Columbus investigated it in 1494. Jamaica is a small island situated in the Caribbean that has encountered mass movement, examples of individuals moving to another country and in this manner forming a diaspora group. Jamaica is a place of diverse culture and different nationalities where people live and work together. Jamaicans are of predominately African plunge, with huge European, Chinese, Indian, and blended race minorities. “No place else on earth will you discover a society as dynamic as the one guests experience in Jamaica. Its kin are a blend of the numerous ethnicities that have arrived on the island's shores in the course of recent hundreds of years. Keeping in mind this mixture of cultures

Jamaica, Jamaica. The beautiful island nation of the greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, 145 km south of Cuba and 190 km from Hispaniola. Famous for the Jamaican Jerk Spice, Red Stripe Beer, and Blue Mountain Coffee. The Island is made up of three Parishes, Cornwall Parish which is home to Negril, Middlesex Parish, where Nine Mile, St. Ann the birth place of Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley is located, and Surrey Parish, home of the Capitol city of Kingston. Nestled in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica about 48 km north east of Kingston sit's a small village called Chepstow in Surrey Parish. This is the location that Marley Coffee Inc. is growing their unique blends of coffee. The beans grow in the lush rainforest of the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica

     Jamaica is a tropical island, located in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Around the coastlines are beautiful beaches with crystal clear blue-green water. In some respects, this is the majority of what people know about Jamaica. In this orientation text you will better understand Jamaica’s history, the people who live there, the many different religions, geography, and governments that have ruled the land.

Montego-bay Jamaica; tourist attraction and the land of good food. To the outsiders Jamaica seems like a paradise, but to visit is different from having to live there. Being a product of a 15year old, the elders in my family raised me while my mom finished up school and start the work-field. It wasn't hard to have food or clothes because our yard was filled with trees that bare ackee, breadfruit, apples, plums, bananas, cherries and had a chicken coop that was filled with fowl, chicken and chicks and off course eggs, but we never ate them. As a child, I was never short of clothes, in fact I probably had too much, but that was the benefit of having a great grandmother who always kept her sewing machine nearby. Any

Thesis/Preview: Today, we will discuss four fabulous places to go while vacationing in Jamaica: Dunn’s River Falls, the Blue Mountain & John Crow National Park, the haunted Rose Hall Mansion, and the Bob Marley museum.