“Our culinary traditions inform who we are. Jamaican food is rooted to our identity and a product of our cultural & historical environment” spoken eloquently by Dr. Jacqueline Robinson, Professor of Anthropology. In retrospect to Jamaican Cultural Life, Jamaicans celebrate their culture and heritage from the foods prepared from the island.
Dr. Robinson shared various insights about her native island of Jamaica and demonstrated through song and dance narratives about class warfare and stratifications within the island. Jamaica’s influence on the world by means of food products has provided them global dominance in the Caribbean.
Jamaica celebrates 50 years of independence on August 6th, 2012. Jamaica will celebrate this special event from January 2012 to December 2012.
