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Jamaica (/dʒəˈmeɪkə/ ^ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of Cuba, 191 km (119 mi) west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and 215 km (134 mi) south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

With 2.8 million people,0 Jamaica is the third most populous Anglophone country in the Americas (after the United States and Canada), and the fourth most populous country in the Caribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city. Most Jamaicans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, with significant European, East Asian (primarily Chinese), Indian, Lebanese, and mixed-race minorities. Because of a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large Jamaican diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the Rastafari religion, reggae music (and such associated genres as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, including cricket, sprinting, and athletics. Jamaica has sometimes been considered the world's least populous cultural superpower. (Full article...)

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The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have "brought reggae to the world".

Enormously successful in Jamaica, the film also reached the international market and has been described as "possibly the most influential of Jamaican films and one of the most important films from the Caribbean". (Full article...)

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... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury?
... that Antonette Wemyss Gorman, the first woman to fill a combat role in the Caribbean, was promoted to rear admiral and is Chief of Defence Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force?
... that at 107 years old, Stanley Stair of Jamaica was at the time of his death the last surviving Caribbean veteran of World War I?
... that Rita Humphries-Lewin, a former chair of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, entered the industry as a secretary?
... that Because They Know Not by Jamaican novelist Alvin Gladstone Bennett describes itself as a "powerful story on the colour problem"?
... that Antoinette Tidjani Alou wrote a work of autofiction that traces the journey of a Jamaican woman who moved to Niger for love?

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Boothe performing in 2018

Kenneth George Boothe OD (born 22 March 1948) is a Jamaican vocalist known for his distinctive vibrato and timbre. Boothe achieved an international reputation as one of Jamaica's finest vocalists through a series of crossover hits that appealed to both reggae fans and mainstream audiences. (Full article...)

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Andrew Holness Bunny Wailer Peter Tosh Buju Banton P. J. Patterson Grace Jones Ena Collymore-Woodstock Gladys Bustamante Portia Simpson-Miller Yellowman Anita Mahfood Charlie Chaplin (singer) Dennis Brown Jimmy Cliff Michael Lee-Chin Rico Rodriguez (musician) Prince Buster

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The following are images from various Jamaica-related articles on Wik.ipedia.Pro.

Image 1Fort Haldane Turntable Cannon 20231007 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 2European colonies in the 18th-century Caribbean (from History of Jamaica)
Image 3Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, 1796 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 4Port Maria Harbor, St Mary Parish (from History of Jamaica)
Image 5Sugar cane cutters in Jamaica, 1880 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 6Christopher Coke (from History of Jamaica)
Image 7Dujo, a wooden chair crafted by Taínos. (from History of Jamaica)
Image 8Reconstruction of a Taíno village in Cuba (from History of Jamaica)
Image 9Easter Rebellion memorial 20231007 Claude Stuart Park (from History of Jamaica)
Image 10Statue of Christopher Columbus, Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica (from History of Jamaica)
Image 111866 lithography by French cartoonist Honoré Daumier showing British Governor John Peter Grant establishing his authority following the Morant Bay Rebellion (from History of Jamaica)
Image 12Marcus Garvey (from History of Jamaica)
Image 13Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site (batey), outlined with stones in Utuado, Puerto Rico (from History of Jamaica)
Image 14An illustration of pre-1692 Port Royal (from History of Jamaica)
Image 15Sugar cane cutters in Jamaica, 1891 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 16A Rastafarian man in a rastacap at a port of Jamaica's Black River. (from Culture of Jamaica)
Image 17Fort Haldane, Jamaica heritage trail, (from History of Jamaica)
Image 18Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992 (from History of Jamaica)
Image 19Cassava (yuca) roots, the Taínos' main crop (from History of Jamaica)
Image 20English map from the 1600s (from History of Jamaica)

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Donaldson with York City in 2021

Clayton Andrew Donaldson (born 7 February 1984) is a professional footballer and manager who plays as a striker for club Farsley Celtic, where he was also recently the manager. He has played in the English Football League and Scottish Premier League for Hull City, Hibernian, Crewe Alexandra, Brentford, Birmingham City, Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City, and at senior international level for the Jamaica national team.

Donaldson started his career with Hull City in 2002, scoring on his first-team debut in the Football League Trophy later that year. He was sent out on loan to non-League clubs on four occasions, and with chances in the first team at Hull limited, he was released in 2005 and subsequently joined York City. In his first season at the club, he was voted as their Clubman of the Year and his second season saw him finish as the team's highest scorer and third highest scorer in the league. (Full article...)

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Jamaica national football team Henry Morgan Usain Bolt Gun Court Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Jamaica Murder of Lenford Harvey Brian Williamson Bob Marley Maymie de Mena 1944 Jamaica hurricane Guava Jelly (song)

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Credit: NASA

Satellite image of Jamaica in November 2001.

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Red peas soup is a soup eaten in Jamaica. It is made of kidney beans (known locally as red peas), seasonings such as scotch bonnet pepper, pimento seeds, etc. Traditionally, the broth includes a pigtail. Red Peas Soup is usually eaten with yam and Jamaican dumplings. (Full article...)

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Jamaican patty Hard dough bread Ackee and saltfish Bammy Jerk (cooking) Bulla cake Jamaican cuisine Pickapeppa Sauce Rice and peas Ting (drink) Run down Solomon Gundy Stamp and Go Stew peas Red Stripe Cow cod soup Callaloo Roots wine Mannish water Baba Roots Toto (dessert) Festival (dumpling) Fish tea

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...that the Blue Mahoe is the national tree of Jamaica, and that its flower changes colour as it matures, going from bright yellow to orange red and finally to crimson?

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