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origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
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Happy New Year!
January 2012
A New Year, A
New Government, an Olympic Year and our 50th Year of Independence.
As Mrs. Simpson Miller and her Cabinet get ready to take over our
Government and as Usain and our Athletic Stars practice to Wow the
World in London, let us think on the world economy in general and
our own in particular. What can we, as Jamaicans, do to improve our
own situation and, in our own small way, help make ourselves truly
Independent?
How about doing
all that we can to buy Jamaican? Our coffee is in great demand
worldwide; Appleton and Red Stripe are international brands;
everyone loves Jamaican food, particularly jerk. Some of our
international brands are now foreign owned, some remain wholly
Jamaican, but all stimulate the economy and provide jobs for us. Let
us all make an effort to buy Jamaican products in every area where
we have that choice. Jamaica-Allspice, for our part, will be
promoting Jamaican organisations through the course of the year.
Historic
Events in January
Please visit
Gifts from Jamaica,
our Amazon Store,
where we have collected hundreds of Jamaican and Jamaican themed
products available from Amazon and put them all in one place.
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Our 2012 Calendars are Now
Available
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Other
Jamaican Themed Products
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The JMA and JEA
Jamaica Expo 2012
26th-29th April at the National Arena
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Things
Jamaican was founded
in the 1960s as an umbrella for locally produced crafts.
After all these decades they are now online. |
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The
Made in Jamaica
Catalogue showcases
Jamaican manufacturers. |
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Jamaica-Allspice is
an on-line magazine dedicated to showcasing the diversity of
Jamaica. You can read about
our rich history. For instance did you know that Falmouth is one of
the world's most perfect examples of pure Georgian architecture?
Aside from world famous
reggae artists and athletes, there are also Jamaicans like
George Lecky
who developed the Hope Red, one of the most popular varieties of cattle
in the world.
There's also the very
diverse geography and
wildlife of our Island where, almost side by side;
iguanas sun on barren rocks, crocodiles lie in wait in mangrove swamps
and varieties of birds fly amongst the trees in our
beautiful
mountains. You might even see a rodent the size of a dog, the agouti,
hiding in a tropical rain forest.
There are lots of other
interesting facts. Did you know, for instance, that Jamaica has greater
roadway density than anywhere else in the world? Or that we own more
cellular phones, per capita, than either the USA or Canada?
Enjoy our magazine and
please feel free to send us your comments.
Betty SB
Editor
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ALLSPICE
"Jamaica Pepper" Eugenia Pimenta: Native Tree the berries of which are a
popular spice which tastes like a combination of several other spices
-- OED
Our magazine offers you many aspects which together
give you that unique mixture which is Jamaica.
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