Where did the Jamaican people's originally come from?

Question

Well, to be specific, where did the african slaves who were involuntarily taken from their home, come from? Does anybody know?

Answer 1

The majority of Jamaicans, at least 90%, are of West African descent, their ancestors having been abducted from Africa during the slave trade. People of mixed heritage, including Arawak/Taino Indian and African, European and African, or Chinese and East Indian, make up about 4.9% of the population. People of Cuban, Lebanese, Syrian, South Asian, European, and other minorities are also present.

Over the past several decades, hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have emigrated, especially to the United States but also to Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries. This emigration appears to have been tapering off somewhat in recent years. Canada also has a guest worker program (Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program) which draws on workers from the Caribbean and especially from Jamaica.

The language of government and education is English, although the patois form of Jamaican Creole is widely spoken. Most Jamaicans can use both Patois and English depending on the circumstances and often combine the two. English is the most obvious influence on Patois, but it includes words and syntax from Spanish, Yoruba, Akan, Arawak, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and East Indian languages. In general, Patois differs from English in both pronunciation and syntax. The language's characteristics includes similarities with both Irish and West African forms of English in pronouncing 'TH' as if it was the letter D or T, omitting some initial consonant sounds, principally the 'H'. For example, the word “there” is pronounced as “dere,” the word theater is pronounced as “teater.” A number of linguists believe Patois is a separate language; others consider it an alternate form of English(dialect).

Research shows that 80.0% of Jamaica's population are Christian. The majority of them are Protestants, which is primarily due to the influence of British colonialism, and later the influence of US denominations. The top 5 denominations in Jamaica today are: Church of God: 21.2%, Seventh-day Adventist: 9.0%, Baptist: 8.8%, Pentecostal: 7.6%, and Anglican: 5.0%

Non-Christian religions are numerous, the largest being the Rastafari movement which was founded on the island and reveres the late Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. Obeah is a belief system with roots in the West African Yoruba Orisha traditions and has similarities to Vodon, Santeria, Candomble and other imports to the Americas which arrived with enslaved West Africans. Hinduism and Buddhism also appear due to immigration from India and China. Islam and Judaism are less than half a percent.

Answer 2

Where Did Jamaicans Come From

Answer 3

A lot of Jamaican citizens have connections with Ghana in West Africa. They are third and fourth Generation Ghanaians really.

Answer 4

they are from Ghana specifically, you can study their traits , features and others. certain traits among africans are peculiar to a particular group. Ghanaians have their own traits, nigerians likewise, so the rest of the groups. Ghanaians and Jamaicans have the same traits and features and its no mistake.

Answer 5

they orginated in mesopatania then migrated southeast to a tiny island called serpico, it was there they discovered the buffalo and silk, after that they decided to stop walking and while they rested whitey grabbed them and sent them to an island and named it jamaica, and then came back when the plantations were built and ready to be filled with slaves.

Answer 6

The came from all over the african coast- mostly from dutch slave traders who bought, traded for, or kidnapped them from anywhere they could get them. Many of them were sold to the dutch by other black africans, much the same way that in Afghanistan tribal warlords have taken people they dont like and given them away to the americans as "terrorists".

Answer 7

jamaicans originated from west africa.

Answer 8

They came from Africa when those stupid white masters took them.

Answer 9

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