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* Creator/IanFleming liked Jamaica a lot, even building an estate he called "Goldeneye" there. As such it features quite a bit in his ''Literature/JamesBond'' novels like ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Literature/DrNo'', ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' and the short stories "[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights Octopussy]]" and "Quantum of Solace" (from the ''For Your Eyes Only'' anthology). As for the [[Film/JamesBond film adaptations]]:

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* ''Film/BobMarleyOneLove'', biopic about Bob Marley.
* ''Film/CoolRunnings'', a comedy about the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Calgary Olympics]] bobsled team, loosely based on reality.
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Creator/IanFleming liked Jamaica a lot, even building an estate he called "Goldeneye" there. As such it features quite a bit in his ''Literature/JamesBond'' Bond novels like ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Literature/DrNo'', ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' and the short stories "[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights Octopussy]]" and "Quantum "[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights Quantum of Solace" (from the ''For Your Eyes Only'' anthology). Solace]]". As for the [[Film/JamesBond film adaptations]]:films]]:



* ''Film/CoolRunnings'' is a comedy about the aforementioned bobsled team, loosely based on reality).
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** House Speaker: Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert

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** House Speaker: Marisa Dalrymple-PhilibertJuliet Holness
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Gave the world {{Reggae}}, {{Ska}}, mento, Music/HarryBelafonte, Music/BobMarley, Creator/GraceJones, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Creator/AnthonyWinkler, Creator/OliverSamuels, Usain Bolt, the Music/TwinOfTwins, Courtney Walsh, Keith Arthurton (these two being members or past members of the West Indies cricket team), the Reggae Boyz football/soccer team, [[DreadlockRasta Rastafari]], the "jerk" cooking style, Blue Mountain Coffee, its trademark beef patties, Red Stripe beer, bulla cakes, bammies, and its immediately recognizable patois dialect. Its age-old sugar industry also gives the world a major and distinctive style of rum, prized by connoisseurs and barkeeps the world over for its "rum funk"[[note]]The [[SommelierSpeak standard descriptor]] for the strong-but-not-unpleasant overripe-banana note certain rums from the English Caribbean develop[[/note]] and burnt-sugar notes that work well both on their own and in cocktails, especially [[UmbrellaDrink classic tiki cocktails]].

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Gave the world {{Reggae}}, {{Ska}}, mento, Music/HarryBelafonte, Music/BobMarley, Creator/GraceJones, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Creator/AnthonyWinkler, Creator/OliverSamuels, Usain Bolt, the Music/TwinOfTwins, Courtney Walsh, Keith Arthurton (these two being members or past members of the West Indies cricket team), the Reggae Boyz football/soccer team, [[DreadlockRasta Rastafari]], the "jerk" cooking style, Blue Mountain Coffee, its trademark beef patties, patties[[note]]A meat pastry similar in shape to the Latin American empanada.[[/note]], Red Stripe beer, bulla cakes, bammies, and its immediately recognizable patois dialect. Its age-old sugar industry also gives the world a major and distinctive style of rum, prized by connoisseurs and barkeeps the world over for its "rum funk"[[note]]The [[SommelierSpeak standard descriptor]] for the strong-but-not-unpleasant overripe-banana note certain rums from the English Caribbean develop[[/note]] and burnt-sugar notes that work well both on their own and in cocktails, especially [[UmbrellaDrink classic tiki cocktails]].
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* Dee Jay from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and Hermes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' hail from here.

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* Dee Jay from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and Hermes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' hail from here.

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