Jamaicans

jerk

Abrupt pulling motion

• ackeeWest African tropical fruit
• saltfishCured, dried seafood
• curry goatSpiced braised caprine meat

oxtail · rice and peas · patty · festival · johnnycake · pimento · sorrel · rum · callaloo · breadfruit

reggae

Jamaican offbeat music style

• dancehallPaid venue for social movement
• skaJamaican fusion genre
• rocksteadyBass-heavy Jamaican sixties sound

Bob Marley · dub · Peter Tosh · Ziggy Marley · Sean Paul · sound system · selector · deejay · riddim · toasting

Kingston

Caribbean nation's capital

• Montego BayJamaican coastal resort city
• Blue MountainsAustralian range near Sydney
• Port RoyalDrowned Caribbean pirate capital

Caribbean Sea · Greater Antilles · tropical · beaches · coral reefs · tourism · resorts · parishes · Portland · ecotourism

patois

Regional informal speech

• RastafarianismAfrocentric messianic religion
• MaroonsEscaped enslaved people's communities
• folkloreInherited cultural narratives

storytelling · Anansi · Emancipation Day · Carnival · proverbs · yard · revival

sprinters

Brief-race speed athletes

• trackPath or monitored route
• OlympicsGlobal athletic contest
• gold medalsPrizes for first place

Usain Bolt · world records · 100m · 200m · speed · training · coaches · hurdles · championships · dominance

diaspora

Scattered population sharing origins

• nationalsCitizens of a state
• citizensMembers of a nation
• expatriatesPeople living outside homeland

emigrants · immigrants · ancestry · descendants · Maroons · Creole · ethnicity · population · demographics · locals

• Islandersislander, Hawaiians, Hawaiian, Fijians, Samoans
• peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
• Caribbean peoplesHaitians, Cubans, Barbadians, Trinidadians, Dominicans
• ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
• English Speakersnative speaker, native speakers, Americans, British, American
• Caribbean diasporaWindrush, Afro-Caribbean, Cuban Americans, chain migration, transnationalism