Dad was 23 and Mum 19 when they arrived in the U.K. from Barbados in the 1950s. — Nigel Benn Copy Share Image
Dancing a Jamaica middle name. Visa fi go a England a strain Immigration a call out yuh name. — Elephant Man Copy Share Image
I was actually born in deep rural Jamaica and came to Kingston as a high school girl. — Portia Simpson-Miller Copy Share Image
I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
My father is from Bosnia, and my mother is from Croatia, but I was born in Sweden. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic Copy Share Image
My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born. — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
When you're playing outside in Jamaica and you hear gunshots, you don't run and hide. You just look, and if it's nowhere… — Leon Edwards Copy Share Image
I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour… — Dillian Whyte Copy Share Image
The place is really exceptional and I am fascinated and inspired, as Nagaland with its lush greenery and picturesque mountains as well… — Liz Mitchell Copy Share Image
My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places. — Tinashe Copy Share Image
In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
By the time my first album was out, I had been out in Jamaica three or four years, but I had hits… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
CAN'T TAN PON IT LONG…NAW EAT NO YAM...NO STEAM FISH…NOR NO GREEN BANANA BUT DOWN IN JAMAICA WE GIVE IT TO YOU… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Being a military child, we moved a lot and we developed different vernaculars from moving from the south, to the Midwest, and… — Joe Torry Copy Share Image
I actually had nuggets and mostly Asian food when I was at the Olympics. But as soon as I got back to… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
So in Jamaica it is the aim of everybody to talk English, act English and look English. And that last specification is… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I'm from Newcastle and went to Cambridge University and I worried whether I'd fit in; I'm mixed race, so my mum grew… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until… — Brooklyn Decker Copy Share Image
“I Write books for the little girl in the adult woman who some man told she was not good enough. Let us… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I grew up in a middle-class family in Jamaica, I had no self-worth issues whatsoever. — John Barnes Copy Share Image
In Jamaica, you learn as a child how to roll a joint. Everyone here has tried it. I did too — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
My mother's Mohawk and my father is Scottish/German from Nova Scotia. — Kaniehtiio Horn Copy Share Image
I have an uncle in Jamaica who's an OG producer/songwriter over there, Mikey Bennett. — Syd Copy Share Image
I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. — Jovan Adepo Copy Share Image
My great grandfather came from Scotland to Brazil, George Gracie, from Dumfries. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
Jamaica is so musical, diverse and so extreme, from people singing in the streets to dancing. — Kreesha Turner Copy Share Image
My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots. — Katharine Isabelle Copy Share Image
Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels. — Marlon James Copy Share Image
I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and… — Monica Raymund Copy Share Image
