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Why is Jamaican culture so popular in England?

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A lot of black people in the UK (especially in London) have a Caribbean heritage, and are pretty keen to share it. The British, in turn, are quite keen on embracing other cultures. read more

Jamaica stands above the other Caribbean countries because there's a kind of obsession with certain aspects of Jamaican culture among a subset of British stoners. Your white Rasta types, who sit around getting high and listening to Bob Marley. read more

Jamaican Patois becoming the youth language of choice in larger countries In some parts of England and Toronto Canada, a dialect heavy with Jamaican and Afro-Caribbean inflections is being spoken by a significant portion of the youth population. British linguists are calling it "multicultural youth English," or MYE. read more