The document provides information about Jamaica, including its capital Kingston, largest city Montego Bay, and current Prime Minister Portia Miller. It mentions typical Jamaican foods like ackee and salt fish and famous Jamaican Usain Bolt. It also discusses Jamaican poet Benjamin Zephaniah and includes one of his poems about his mother. The document notes that while English is the official language, Patois is commonly spoken and derives from English.

2. Click on the picture to see where Jamaica is in the world

3. Kingston – the capital of Jamaica

4. Montego Bay

6. Portia Miller – Prime
Minister of Jamaica

7. Ackee and Salt Fish

8. Usain
Bolt

10. Benjamin Zephaniah
Click on the picture to watch Benjamin recite one of his poems

11. I Love me Mudder
I love me mudder an me mudder loves me.
We come so far from over de sea,
We heard dat de streets were paved wid gold
Sometime it`s hot, sometime it`s cold,
I love me mudder an me mudder loves me
We try fe live in harmony
You might know her as Valerie
But to me she`s just my mummy.
She shouts at me daddy so loud sometime
She`s always been a friend of mine
She`s always doing de best she can
She works so hard down ina Englan,
She`s always singin some kinda song
She has big muscles an she`s very, very strong,
She likes pussycats an she loves cashew nuts
An she don`t bother wid no if and buts.
I love me mudder an me mudder loves me
We come so far from over de sea,
We heard dat de streets were paved wid gold
Sometime it`s hot, most time it`s cold,
I love her and whatever we do
Dis is a love I know is true,
My friends, I`m talking to you
Me an me mudder we love you too.
A poem by Benjamin Zephaniah

12. English is the official
language of Jamaica but most
Jamaicans also speak Patois
which derives from English.
Miss Cooper has given us
some widely used Patois
words:

14. Buffalo soldier, dreadlock Rasta:
There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.
If you know your history,
Then you would know where you coming from,
Then you wouldn't have to ask me,
Who the 'eck do I think I am.
I'm just a buffalo soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival;
Said he was a buffalo soldier win the war for
America.
Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy-yoy yoy,
Woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy-yoy yoy!
Buffalo soldier troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh!
Said he wanna ran, then you wanna hand,
Troddin' through the land, yea-hea, yea-ea.
Click on the speaker to listen to this Bob Marley song