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Jamaica

Jamaica (ⁱ/dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island containing the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is the fifth-largest island country in the Caribbean.

Previously inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Named Santiago, it remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered the island and renamed it Jamaica. Under British rule, Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with its plantation economy highly dependent on slaves imported from Africa, followed later by Chinese and Indian indentured labour. All slaves were fully emancipated in 1838, with independence from the United Kingdom achieved on 6 August 1962.

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Jamaica (song)

"Jamaica" is a song by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive that appears on the 1979 album Rock n' Roll Nights. It features Jim Clench on lead vocals. It was written by well-known songwriter Jim Vallance. It was released as a single but did not chart. The song, along with "Heartaches," was played live on American Bandstand in February 1979 to support the Rock n' Roll Nights album release.

Using different lyrics, Rick Springfield remade the song under the title "Kristina" on his 1982 album Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet.

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Jamaica (novel)

Jamaica : A Novel (2007) is a novel by Australian author Malcolm Knox. It won the Colin Roderick Award in 2007, and was shortlisted for the Fiction category of the 2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Plot summary

A group of 6 Australian friends - white, middle-aged males - combine to compete in a marathon relay swim in treacherous waters off Jamaica. But even before the race begins fractures appear in the relationships, with drug-taking, hidden secrets and personal crises coming to dominate.

Notes

Dedication: The Jamaica portrayed in these pages, and all those who exist there, are works of fiction. This book is dedicated to the facts who got out of the way of a good story.

Reviews

Patrick Ness in The Guardian found that "Alongside Tim Winton's Breath, this is the second excellent novel in as many months to examine masculinity and male friendship in Australian sport, a subject that might seem of limited intrinsic interest. But it's not the song, it's how it's sung, and if Winton is an aria, Knox is early Rolling Stone.."

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Radio Stations - Kingston

RADIO STATION	GENRE	LOCATION
Reggae141	Reggae	Jamaica
Boneyaad Radio	Reggae	Jamaica
Power 106	World,Reggae	Jamaica
NCU 91.1	Christian Contemporary	Jamaica
StylzFM	Reggae	Jamaica

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Ventura released: 2014
No Problem released: 2010

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King Konk Kicks, Volume 3 released: 2011
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King Konk Kicks, Volume 3

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Jamaica

by Vybz Kartel
Jamie G.

by Joe Jackson
Jamaica

by Cats
Gimmick

by Cult
Gimmick

by The Cult
Gimmick

by Nonpoint
Jamaica

by Bachman Turner Overdrive
Jamaica

by Elephant Man
Jamaica

by Bobby Caldwell
Jamaica

by Jah Cure
Jamaica

by Ben E. King
Jamaica

by Dr Evil
Jamaica

by Theme Park

Jamaica

by: Vybz Kartel

[Intro:]
Ready not nice,
[Chorus:]
Dre skull, Kartel, dance Hall, forever
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
[Verse 1:]
Portmore, city, Kingston
City, city Kingston
Thugs in the street
Looking for food fi eat
90 degrees heat, Jamaica still sweet
Gals dem grinding
Pretty ladies whining
Oh Teacha look at me whining,
Look, look, look at me whining
[Hook:]
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
[Verse 2:]
Police man pushing the herse,
Grandmada going to church
Visitors de tourist mon notice
But ah kingston ah de place weh you fi notice
Home of Teacha
[Chorus:]
Dre skull, dance hall, forever
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
Me come from Jamaica
[Outro:]
Hahaha, sick dawg
Me haffi go light my spliff now

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