Her father is Guyanese and her maternal grandfather is Jamaican. “It has hardened me,” she said with a short laugh. Afro-Jamaicans are Jamaicans of predominantly or majority Sub-Saharan African descent. Jamaican is the nationality of a country comprising of numerous ethnic groups. They presently represent the largest ethnic group in the country.. Our kids spent 4 months living in Jamaica, going to school and living with their Grandma and Grandpa, while we managed the move from Ghana to South Africa. The ethnogenesis of the Afro-Jamaican people stemmed from the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th century, when enslaved Africans were transported as slaves to Jamaica and other parts of the Americas. The first Africans to arrive in Jamaica … A Jamaican passport holder has access to 58 visa-free countries . 4. “The illiteracy level in Ghana is still high, and the problems this creates within the city is disheartening,” she pointed out. Hailing from the Motherland continent, here’s how to transit your way to Ghana from Jamaica visa-free. Ghana Time after time, we have hoped for more visa-free African country. We are you—we wanted to figure out how to move to Ghana. According to Wikipedia, Jamaicans aren't a race. Members of the African-American Association of Ghana estimate that about 5,000 African-Americans are currently living in Accra, a sharp increase from about 1,000 a decade ago. According to 2014 estimates, more than 3,000 African-Americans and people of Caribbean descent live in Ghana, a country of about 26 million people. We are a self-determined collective of Black repatriates—community leaders, elders, teachers, linguists, business owners, artists, etc.—that provide our collective wisdom about the repatriation process and Ghanaian life to make it easier for Blacks from the Diaspora to return home. They are very close to my parents, who managed to visit us every year, for a couple months at a time. "I hear it’s a bit like Jamaica," Kane says. Ghana is high her own list, the Kingston-based visual artist and creative director says. THE ASHANTI & GA-Dangme, Everh OF GHANA Woven throughout the culture and history of the Ashanti tribe, and other tribes, of Ghana, West Africa, is very strong conclusive evidence that they are direct descendants of the Hebrew Israelites that migrated to West Africa by … In Jamaica, enslaved Africans were mostly of Akan descent, followed by Yoruba, Fon, Efik and Moko tribes. She also notes, “I’m just happy my children won’t suffer the same fate.” She concludes that indeed living in Accra is not easy. Well, we’ve been given not just one but a few in 2019. The Kromantis, an Akan group of Ghana, was the dominant African culture and made a lasting mark on the legacy of Jamaicans and African resistance. Citizens from Jamaica 🇯🇲 also can get on-arrival or e-visa from 44 countries but needs to get a visa for 118 countries (Updated December 2020). Welcome Ghana to our newest addition of visa-free countries for Jamaicans to visit in 2020.