Essays on Jamaican

Analysis of ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’

Introduction Jean Rhys’ ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’ is a story that gives a detailed account of the events that took place during the last days of the colonial activities of the English people in the Caribbean region. Rhys was born in the region and she experienced some of the issues that she narrates through the story that she tells in ‘The Wide Sargasso Sea’ (Ciolkowski 341). In the story, Rhys details the many issues that affected women during the colonial times in her society. It should be understood that the story by Rhys takes a creative narrative but it ...

The case involves a guest of the hotel in Jamaica, where a guest was severely injured while working out in the fitness center of the hotel.  

Issues:

What jurisdiction and law should apply for the case? The jurisdiction and law that should apply here is the Jamaican law, in Jamaica. The US law in Miami cannot apply because, as stated in 28 U.S.C subsections 1391(a), a US court only has jurisdiction in such cases over the defendants where at least one defendant is domiciled in the particular judicial district. This principle has been affirmed in the case of Steven ...

News Item: Jamaica Wins Gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Jamaican sprint legend, Usain Bolt, won the 100m gold at the Olympics finals in Rio, Brazil. Bolt, who is also the 100m sprint record-holder, achieved a time of 9.81 seconds at the Joao Havelange Stadium. He eased off to the finish line just ahead of Justin Gatlin, his American rival, who clocked a time of 9.89 seconds. Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse clocked 9.91 seconds (Kelner, 2016). Although Bolt started terribly, he came back strongly to overthrow Gatlin from the lead. Bolt’s win marks Olympic history because it was his unprecedented third consecutive crown at the 100m winners’ ...

Introduction

Even if music can be viewed as a universal language, music still differs from society to society largely due to the culture in which that specific music is associated in. In other words, every separate human society has their more or less unique variant of music, which contributes to the characteristic of their culture in general. For example, Latin Americans are commonly associated with Latino music, the hip-hop genre and the blues was commonly credited to the black culture, among others. One particular popular music of interest is the one that came from the Caribbean Islands, particularly the island ...

First concept that I want to discuss is Garveyism that played exceptional role in the development of Rastafarianism. Garveyism is a philosophy of Marcus Garvey, who is considered to be a visionary and messiah for Jamaican people. Garvey considered that African Americans and other black people – descendants of slaves, who were forcefully moved from Africa, had a right to return to their homeland. Garvey argued that people that do not know their history and past are like trees without roots; and the roots of black Americans were in African continent. He was a charismatic spokesman and leader and managed ...

Music as a cultural and social genre may be used to communicate various aspects of people’s cultural and even political systems. Several Jamaican music songs convey different messages that depict the political and cultural aspects of the Jamaican people and the values in the society. The use of characters in these genres is also significant in conveying a variety of messages to the intended audience. Using the literary style of repetition, some of these songs we listen to tend to emphasize their message to the public by always mentioning the keywords and messages of the artists. In this ...

Reggae music is a musical genre characterized by colorful individuals who have created a huge impact not only in the entertainment scene, but also in the political, social and economic fronts. Among those who have established themselves in the music industry as movers, shakers, and influencers is Bob Marley. Originally from Jamaica, country strife in political and racial turmoil, Marley embodies Jamaican’s sentiments through his music and songs. He was a complex but engaging entertainer. His performances were unique and bold, which earned him a reputation as one of the best reggae artists of his time. Marley’s ...

Immigration to England

Migration is defined as the moving of persons from one place to another. The move may be temporary or permanent, depending on the reasons involved. Migration may occur due to various reasons such as economic ones like employment and job opportunities, social ones like being closer to family members or loved ones, environmental factors like natural disasters, and political ones like wanting to escape a conflict or strife within a home country. One of the great examples of migration is the moving of Jamaicans to England. There are many reasons why Jamaicans moved to England. Jamaicans moved to England ...

Smith, Augier & Nettleford in their article on Rastafarianism note that its beginnings were in the 1920s. While the movement is believed to have officially started in 1933 in Jamaica, the movement or rather religion, already had started. The country of Jamaica is believed to have had two specific individuals that guided the movement that has become known as Rastafarianism - Bedward and Marcus Garvey. In most contexts, the latter is more prominently discussed being regarded as the father of the movement. The idea behind Rastafarianism as Smith, Augier & Nettleford articulate is to proclaim African American nationalism and subsequently, the ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

Sustainability Strategies of Small Business Owners

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Prospectus: Entrepreneurial Attributes and Competencies of Small Business Owners

Foundation of the Study There are 28 million small businesses owners are the engine of America’s economy (Business & Industry, 2015). Small businesses are responsible for creating enough jobs for over one-half of the employees in the USA (SBA, 2015). Healthy and thriving small businesses across the country are necessary to stabilize the economy and the mission of the SBA is to support those business owners with loans, practical knowledge, and improving the circumstances for promising small business owners (SBA, 2015).

The purpose of this study is to explore strategies that small business owners use to sustain the business.

Background of the Problem The amount of new small business startups is approximately 10 to 12% each ...

Over the years, the music has been an integral part of human culture. The number of musical genres is difficult to count, and sub-genres is and even more. Every continent, every country, every nation has its own unique authentic sound that the master holding musical instruments, warmed the hearts of his listeners. Sometimes it happens that neighboring states (in a variety of historical processes) affect the neighboring countries, thus bringing something new to the culture of the people and the music in particular. A striking example of this influence can be called the influence of African music on the ...

INVESTMENTS

Economic overview The economy of Jamaica greatly relies on services that accounts for over 70 percent of its GDP. The Nation continues to earn most of the foreign exchange from remittances, tourism and alumina/bauxite. Both tourism and remittances accounts for 30 percent each, whereas alumina/bauxite exports contribute roughly 5 percent of the GDP. The alumina/bauxite sector was the greatly affected by global downturn whereas the remittance flow and tourism industry remained resilient. The economy encounters several challenges to its growth including soaring corruption and crimes, huge-scale underemployment and unemployment as well as a debt-to-the-GDP ratio that is about 130 ...

Tourism is the source of multiple economic benefits to any locality or country that attracts a steady flow of travelers. Foreign visitors can become a valuable source of foreign currency. So, a developing country should use its chance and reach its peak by boosting its revenues and getting its place in the competitive industry. Jamaica is focused on developing sustainable tourism and is ready to cope with difficulties on its way in order to get the tourism benefits and not harm its unique nature. But tourism has not only positive but also negative factors that can endanger the economy ...

Introduction

Jamaican government has been striving to facilitate rural development in the country through its various organizations, among which The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is the most important one. Jamaica has given higher emphasis to rural development since 1990 with intent to foster the overall economic growth of the economy. In 1964, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in its publication Rural Development in Jamaica indicated the impeded rural advancements as a major issue affecting the country’s development. The report also identified other factors like soil erosion, capital shortage, and labored access to local groups ...

Process of Selecting of 4x100m Team Members

Selection of team members will be done with an overall goal of coming up with the fastest runners possible. However, 4x100m relay is a team of four runners. It is therefore impossible to select the fastest 4x100m team from a pool of many 4x100m teams. Since each runner will be expected to run approximately 100m, the best idea is to select 4 of the fastest 100m athletes. A pool of ten best 100m runners will be identified. Then four of the best runners will be selected from the ten. The selection team will use a criteria which will ensure ...

ENGLISH

Introduction More research needs to be done in the English grammar; this would be more beneficial to the students and the world as a whole for communication purposes. The teachers who teach grammar in different levels in schools should be more educated in the language so that they can give the students a better understanding of the tongue. I believe that more problems may arise when people decide to question grammar. In other areas such as the mathematics, there are given rules that are defined in solving a problem, the procedures of solving a problem are clear. The same ...

Many people with disability have observed and experienced substantial change to cultural approaches towards disability in their lifetimes. People with disability experience serious difficulties of misunderstanding and discrimination. Society attitudes towards disability are emphasized by the accepted terminology used to define people with disability. The people view the person with his or her impairment as a person having the impairment. Due to the exposure of the modern world, it has become so complicated to understand different cultural backgrounds. The couple may belong to different social or racial backgrounds, and the diverse cultures may be represented among the kids and parents. ...

Culture has Influenced the World

How African American Culture has Influence the World Introduction It started as a cultural shock wave during the 1970s after its emergence in the African-American communities in the Bronx, a poverty stricken area in New York during that time. While hip hop culture is now an international phenomenon, it was once a small subculture of the African Americans that manifested a clearer picture of the life conditions, feelings and aspirations of the Black Americans. Most people attributed hip hop to rapping, a genre of music that was once unique to the black American youths, however, rap is only a part of the hip ...