Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage |
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This book is absolutely amazing. You will find a huge amount of valuable insights about Jamaica in alphabetical order, actually you will find everything (ackee, breadfruit, humming birds, Maroons, obeah, Rastafari, reggae, Taínos & etc etc etc). This book is perfect for tour guides, those who want to share their knowledge about this beautiful country and everyone who loves Jamaica.
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19th century ackee African America arrived banana Baptist became bird British brought built called captured Caribbean church CLARENDON Parish coconut colonial colour COLUMBUS common creole culture Cundall dance drum Duppy early EMANCIPATION England English especially established European Falmouth fish flowers folk MEDICINE fruit garden governor harbour island Jamaica Jonkonnu Kingston known Kumina labour land MANCHESTER Parish Manley Maroons MEDICINE missionaries Montego Bay MORANT BAY MORANT BAY REBELLION mountains Myal National native obeah original Panama plant plantation planters played popular Port Royal PORTLAND Parish Reggae religious rituals river schools settlers ships SLAVERY slaves songs Spaniards SPANISH TOWN spirit ST ANN ST CATHERINE Parish ST ELIZABETH sugar Taino theatre traditional tree TRELAWNY TRELAWNY Parish tropical village West Indian West Indies WESTMORELAND Parish women Wright and White ZEMIS
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage |
| Author | Olive Senior |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Twin Guinep Publishers, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 26, 2008 |
| ISBN | 9768007141, 9789768007148 |
| Length | 549 pages |
| Subjects | › Reference / Encyclopedias |
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