Jamaica's most powerful export

The Weekly Gleaner | December 29, 2005| | Copyright

I SPENT some time in St. Lucia. Last week I was in Dominica. The thing that always strikes me when I travel east is how much Jamaican culture has penetrated these islands: particularly our music - and Rastafarianism. Reggae music blasts from every bus and maxi-taxi, and there seem to be more Rastas per square mile in these islands than in Jamaica. But yet no patties to speak of, and sadly, no Jamaican breakfast.

This is not the same phenomenon as United States culture taking over Jamaica; this is not cultural imperialism. Lucians and Dominicans are not trying to copy aspects of Jamaican ...

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