Jenifa in Jamaica!

 "Jenifa in Jamaica" should be her next firm title as the ever vibrant Funke Akindele a.k.a Jenifer is having a great time in Jamaica. Enjoy yourself Jenny!

flag of Jamaica

A brief history about Jamaica:

The flag of Jamaica was adopted on August 6, 1962, the original Jamaican Independence Day, the country having gained independence from the British-protected Federation of the West Indies. The flag consists of a gold saltire, which divides the flag into four sections: two of them green (top and bottom) and two black (hoist and fly).

The island of Jamaica was colonised by the Taino tribes prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. The Spanish enslaved the Tainos, who were so ravaged by their conflict with the Europeans and by foreign diseases that nearly the entire native population was extinct by 1600. In 1655, the English invaded Jamaica, defeating the Spanish colonists. Enslaved Africans seized the moment of political turmoil and fled to the island's interior, forming independent communities (known as the Maroons). In the eighteenth century, sugar replaced piracy as English Jamaica's main source of income. The sugar industry was labor-intensive and the English brought hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans to Jamaica, so that by 1800 black Jamaicans outnumbered whites by a ratio of twenty to one. The twentieth century saw the founding of two of the country's most distinct cultural exports, the Rastafari movement and reggae music

In the years leading up to Jamaica's 1962 independence from the United Kingdom, her two main political parties were founded (conservative and liberal). For more about Jamaica visit wikipedia.org