Black Jamaicans of Costa Rica: The Story They Never Told You
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Black Jamaicans of Costa Rica have a rich history that is often left untold. In this video, we dive deep into their incredible journey, uncovering the profound cultural influence and legacy they’ve left behind. From the Caribbean roots to their contributions to Costa Rican society, this video takes you through stories that deserve to be heard. Discover the untold story of the Black Jamaicans who helped shape Costa Rica's culture, economy, and communities. Learn how their resilience and determination have paved the way for generations. This is the history you won’t find in textbooks, but one that has had a lasting impact on Costa Rica's heritage. Whether you are a history buff or someone who wants to understand cultural diversity in Costa Rica, this video will offer eye-opening insights into the lives of Black Jamaicans in Costa Rica. Watch now to learn the truth behind their powerful and inspiring story.
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I see you out here bro keep winning!
The legend himself, Oshay D. Jackson. I appreciate the support, man🙏
What's up Oshay!! long time fan
@@shyiBx hey brooo thanks so much for the support
Alot of us knew about Jamaicans who went to Costa rica to work on Banana Plantation and a lot of them never return, but some of them still remember their Jamaican roots 🇯🇲 🇨🇷
it's good history!
True Because I know of my grandmother father brother leaving and NEVER return, and we lost track.
@@lileithswaby6914I am glad people are waking up to the truth because most people come on here making videos claiming that the blacks in south America are trying to copy Jamaicans and their culture.
But I can assure you Panama blacks are Jamaicans, Costa Rica and lots more even in Canada. Places like Honduras Guatemala Colombia and Belize were taken by force from st Vincent and disposed of there. Please ask the person where they are from before coming and do videos. Thanks for sharing
I never knew until my daughter went on vacation their and found a whole Jamaican community, she was so excited
@doreenramsey1016 I've always known about this history, and Costa Rica, Belize and Panama, in particular, have been on my bucket list for a while. We're not all ignorant of the past/ present.🇯🇲
Its amazing how these people speak like born Jamaicans even though they have never been here one❤love my brothers and sisters across mother earth representing for Jamaica
Thats exactly what I'm saying. It shows how much of an influence the parents and their community had on their lives
When our Cruise ship docked in Costa Rica we met a lot such decent of Jamaica. They haven't been to Jamaica the accent was very surprising.
I was thinking the same thing too, even the first dude that he spoke to with his wife and daughter, we're all over jamaica,🇯🇲 to Canada, 🇨🇦 where I'm right now...
I think because their parents kept the language and culture it was passed on to the next generation that came along that is why you can see the Jamaican in them. Unlike when the slaves were brought to the Americas, the masters made sure not to put one country together but rather mix them up in order not to be able to speak the same language for fear of retaliation in case they speak one language to plot against their masters. It is good to keep your culture but am afraid what happened many years ago is about to repeat itself because the new generation of immigrants in America do not even acknowledge where they"re parents are from
@@bennettkwapongyou do know that the people are not originally from Jamaica tho? They were originally taken there from Africa remember
We Jamaicans are the salt of the earth we are everywhere.
Even in Liberia !
Yes we are the salt of the earth I believe you
Absolutely 💜
Because we flee our mismanaged and crime ridden jamaica
There is also a lot Jamaicans in Panama too!
Ive been living with Costa Rican Jamaicans in Puerto Viejo...nice people and very nice beaches nearby where they live..
Proud of my fellow Jamaicans 🇯🇲
Puerto Viejo is the truth!
❤😂
😋 boy i Love that town
Jamaicans went to work on the panama canal, costa rica railroads, Honduras, all across central american countries and also Cuba.
So it's quite the history i must say
Same in Ecuador when I a lot of Jamaicans went there in 1895 to build the railway network from Devil's Nose to Quito.
Yes...a rich history of Jamaicans going to work in Panamá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua (from Westmoreland and St. Elizabeth, created 'Bluefields' on the Caribbean coast), Cuba, etc. I had 2 or 3 grand-uncles who left for Panamá, Nicaragua & Cuba in the very early 1900's. They never returned to Jamaica, but I got to know the one who went to Cuba! Fascinating!
Continue filming, talking & sharing...Great project!
@@katedavies5009 I appreciate you for watching
Thank you that’s why we are mix in Panama. They planted seeds everywhere
I saw a documentary where they said that there were more than double Jamaican people in the world than in Jamaica!❤
Jamaica’s population is six million people globally. Three at home three globally.
@@hubertbailey2225that data is wrong.
True to that more Jamaican lives outside ja than within Jamaican is a migrating people all over the world
Totally wrong
@@arielrose8420 all one has to do is read the history of Jamaica. That’s where l got the information saying that there are approximately six million Jamaicans. three million on Jamaica and three million living outside of Jamaica
There are similar situation in Nicaragua and other countries. Jamaicans are ubiquitous like water. They are everywhere.
“Out of many, one people.” 🙏🏽❤️👍🏽🇯🇲🔥🔥🔥
Lol Thats why I was hyped saying that we're everywhere
@@jensomers9033 thats the slogan!
@@NateInYoState; I know ! 😁
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My father was borned in Costa Rica, his parents went there to work but they returned to Jamaica
Yeah, like Drummond said, very few. This history lesson was a mindblown!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
My Great great grandmother and grandmother was born in Costa Rica,
Thank you for your efforts documenting this part of our history! Costarican Jamaican history is the beginning of Marcus Garvey movement! Very rich in black history!💪🏿👑💯🌍
thanks for watching bredda.
Beginning to realise that TMH invented this internet for us , for videos like this , so all the tribes will eventually link back up . His master plan All Praises
@@NateInYoState U tuber called ACE , you probably hear about him , he made a video of the slave built fortress in Haiti , Europeans are still punishing them until this day , for building that fortress
Oh really? Never knew about that Fortresses
@@NateInYoState chk out his video there u get to see it properly. love u guys content on tracing our lost tribes❤❤
I know a few of my coworkers who are Costa Rican- Jamaican Bless them!!
yessir! Respek to your coworkers! ✊🏽✊🏽
I am a Black Jamaican with realives in Limon and Guanacaste.....(as well as Cuba). Thank you for sharing.
I'm definitely going to visit Guanacaste. One of these days. CR and Cuban family member. You have quick the story
Nothing is wrong with traveling and seeing the world. However, we Jamaicans should travel more to countries like these countries where our people and culture is apart of the fabric. We should expose our children and grandchildren embrace the beauty of these cultures, and stop thinking about speeding money in places like Bali, and Europe.
I plan to see many more like this
@@NateInYoState Thanks for your feedback. I never ment you specifically, but we as a people.
@@johnl6838 i gotcha
Also learn Spanish
Learn every language would be the best!
I've been saying for the past 2yrs that Costa Rica has been calling my spirit. I'm a Jamaican born living in the UK 🇬🇧 and up till this Video I did not know that Costa Rica has such a large Jamaican community. I'm going to feel right at home when I visit 😊.
Thanks so much for putting out this informative video 🎉
yes ma'am. I enjoyed it there. Puerto Viejo you'll like too
i am seriously looking to move over there
Me too girl!!! I want to plan a retreat
@val6112 nah i knew it was valid after having their rice and peas down by Puerto Viejo
@@NateInYoState I can't wait to get there 🙌
I’m both Costa Rican and Jamaican ❤❤❤ big up yaself
big up bossie!
Thanks for the video! Big up Jamaica we’re all over the world.🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇺🇸
I'm glad I was able to shed some light on all of this
Before migration to the US , Britain , and Canada became popular it was Cuba Panama and Costa Rica where Jamaicans went to work and seek their fortune.
Thats why they say Jamaican can do many jobs at once
Yes, my Jamaican mother had cousins who were born in Cuba and moved to Jamaica when they were kids. My Jamaican cousin on my father side has Panamanian cousins. My parents joined those cousins in Panama for a family reunion in 2014.
True. Had family members who worked in Cuba.
Very true, my uncle went to Cuba to work in the 1950s.. He told many stories abt Cuba. My maternal great grandfather came from Cuba, he went to Jamaica as a young man. There he met my great grandma & stayed. I'd ❤ to know his Cuban family. His name was Charley Eazy. My cousin is named after him.
Rita Marley was born in Cuba.
Papa Marcus Garvey was a real of real... big up to my Costa rican blood family.
exactly! much respek!
I one and only national hero of Jamaica 🇯🇲
I am so proud to have Jamaican blood running through my veins 100% 🇯🇲
🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
A lot of Jamaicans are in Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Mexico.
Many are living in San Andres, Columbia.
Yep! One love for real!!
Wow that's extensive!
I am a jamaican living here in limon costa rica
🇯🇲 the land of the chosen one love
👋👋👋👋👋💯💯💯
🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
One jamaican universal rasta love bro .
I met 2 ladies from Costa Rica Limon a few years ago they came to Jamaica on a cruiseship I could not believe my ears they have never been to Jamaica but speak the Jamaican Patois perfectly I could not believe it.
I traveled to Honduras in my teens, walking in a store talking. Suddenly the store exploded with a young black lady , never been to Jamaica but she was shouting n 👉 to me being a Jamaican😂. Wat di helll? How does someone in a rural town n Honduras know my accent.?
Now the question is wat was I doing there? Again we are every where.
We Jamaican have no fear of God's Earth. 🎉🎉❤❤❤
@evenrhoden9078 When I first met my cousin's husband, I thought he was Jamaican like me and my cousin because of his accent. Then he surprised me when he spoke Spanish to my Puerto Rican wife. That's when he told me he was from Honduras.
Yeah, they're not far removed!
I did not know that history on Jamaicans in Costa Rica. I was shocked but so fascinated now. It is sad that many of them didn't get to go back home to see their families but happy to see how progressive they are and living a good happy life. Thank you so much for all this info really appreciate the work you are doing.
Yes, now you know how I felt. Saddened mixed happy for them. Its mixed emotions because the ones that didnt want to be on camera wanted the younger ones not to lose too much of their Jamaican culture
In Jamaica they teach about other people's history, not black history.
I know we went to Panama to work. I wondered now if they abandoned there as well like they did in limon..
Now i am curious about their story
@@evenrhoden9078 That I know we did, went to Panama.
The first Black female vice pres in Latin Amer,.Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican of Jamaican descent) as was the Pres Luis Guillermo Solis whose ancestry is of Jamaican Chinese & Black Jamaican descent. In fact Limon is called Little Kingston. Amazing to see the 2 highest elected positions in a Latin country, at the same time, were occupied by people whose families were from Jamaica.
Wow, i didnt know
That's correct
Although I am a proud Jamaican 🇯🇲 my grandfather Joseph Wright was born in Costa Rica, his parents eventually went back home to Jamaica.
Thats great to hear
Travel is the best education...yes, the Honorable Marcus Garvey began his work in Costa Rica. Amazing! I was born in Antigua and grew up in the US Virgin Island then migrated to NYC in the 70`s and lived on Sedgwick Ave next to another great Jamaican, Kool Herc. He put the work in to change many lives and gave Hip Hop life. I say, give thanks to him and the great Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, whom I met on St.Thomas, Bunny Wailer. My first concert was Jimmy Cliff on St.Thomas in 75. I can not close without mentioning the great U-Roy. I first heard him via a Short Wave Radio from St.Thomas in 72. Please continue to educate. Let organize with the group in Costa Rica to make the office of the original UNIA visible to the rest of the world. Ghana honors him with the Black Star.
Yeah, Sedgwick Av. I have stories growing up there, but I have to save that for a future episode, but you definitely had a lot of experiences! Wow!
@@NateInYoState As a baller, I lived across the street from Butch Lee. NCAA Player of the year in`77 played a lot at Clemente Recreation Center with Richie Richardson and Sidney Green formerly of UNLV. However, I so proud of the group and music Herc and African Bambaata. While working in Scotland, for IBM, lots of White kids were wearing Yankee Caps and blasting Hip Hip music on a regular basis. My co-workers asked, why do you walk through that complex, i stop and say to myself, where did I see this before? Now, the tenants are White.
My grandma lived on Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx back in the late ‘70’s and I did on the Grand Concourse!!!
I agree. A lot of the culture is being lost, and puerto Viejo is becoming more and more Spanish as they see the good beaches and soil. They tell tourist stay away from that side, while buying up places. Please research and consider buying spaces in puerto Viejo
Jamaica needs to lead with honoring Marcus Garvey. And a national holiday for him!
Jamaicans are all over south and Central America its good to see my people surviving and keeping up the heritage hope to visit some day
Yes! Same here!
I had a friend in college, who I thought was Jamaican all along. He spoke perfect Jamaican patois. I was surprised when I heard him speaking spanish to a Puerto Rican one day. It was then that he told me that he was from Costa Rica. He told me of the vibrant Jamaican community that has preserved Jamaican culture there.
Wow! Thats crazy! Nice!
The Jamaican culture is extremely strong they don't assimilate into any larger culture. They have been in foreign lands for generations and still maintain their Jamaicaness. How is it possible!
Because Jamaicans are a special people. Blessed and singled out by the Creator. They will flourish and prosper anywhere they are, they must remember and know that the Creators' hands are covering them.❤❤❤
It's the same way we were able to stand out, be different as Israelites among other nations or people in the Bible .
Est 3:8 KJV And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
The most powerful culture on earth 🇯🇲🇯🇲
@@gloriarobinson1869goosebumps 😢
@@roylle6346 Be blessed, and remember to pray without ceasing to He who designs you and prosper you.❤❤❤
FAMILY is the center of a civilization 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🔥🔥
Family, breddah! Vin Diesel would be proud
@@NateInYoState vin diesel wtf he's got to to with us bro take CELEBRITIES out of FAMILY talk
@@naturalimojah3333 Lol nah it's a running joke since Vin Diesel does these "fast and furious" movies and the theme is always "family". But I understand celebrities have nothing to do with this. One love
@@NateInYoState bro we have ENOUGH comedians. soul ,root lineage researching is ni joke leave all that poppet CELEBRITIES mess in America.
I think it’s Sad that they Never made it bad home to Jamaica 🇯🇲. It’s heartbreaking 💔 to know people took a chance to go to a New Land to work & provide for their family. Then never made it back home to Sweet Sweet Jamaica 🇯🇲.
Now you know how I felt when I found this out. I had to shine light on this
Many decided to stay and make a life there
Same thing in Panama 🇵🇦
Yup. Grant mentions it
EVERBODY IS CLAIMING JAMAICA 🇯🇲 ANCESTRY
XCEPT THE JAMAICA 🇯🇲 BLKS CLAIMING AFRICA 🌍
THIS IS MIND BLOWING
@@CAROLYNCHANG-k3s A lot of us are also recognizing our Arawak/Taino ancestry.
White people like to make us believe that there were no black people in Jamaica before enslaved Africans were brought there and that the Arawaks were also extinct prior to that time.
Additionally, whites didn't know where the Maroons were located for a long time and it's my contention that it was the hiding Arawaks who embraced the escaped Africans and taught them how to survive in Jamaica.
Additionally, there were already black people in Jamaica prior to the enslaved Africans because the entire Earth was one solid land mass before it was split into two and Jamaica and the other Caribbean islands came directly out of Africa where the Garden of Eden was located.
Same thing in Ecuador 😊
Yes👍🏾
This was great, i have been to Costa Rica and i was surprised of the Jamaicans i saw and how the culture was influential in the community. It was great to see how the Spanish people embraced Dancehall even more than the Jamaicans.
Yeah That blew my mind!
They're not "Spanish people". They're Mestizos!
That's possible because of many things, they probably don't know how powerful our music are and the history of it.
It's not too late . They will embrace it soon n see how it can heal the mind then eventually the community.
Thank you for eloquently sharing my family's history from Jamaica to Costa Rica and Panama and then to Brooklyn. ❤
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank for taking time out to watch
You made some good connections in Costa Rica that shared some valuable information congrats on that networking Jamaicans made global contributions.
I bless 🙌 the most high. I like to say this was all by accident, but this was definitely meant to be
Jamaicans, BIG UP, WE adore U wherever U are!
🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you so much for this beautiful, compelling history lesson. Let’s hope we learn the importance of telling OUR history and ROOTS to our children and grandchildren and tell them to pass it on and pass it down. It’s our responsibility to do that. We cannot rely on others to tell our story and tell it with truth and authenticity. We lost so much from the slave passage which we cannot get back and trust that it is the complete truth when told by others who have their own agenda to romanticise and make themselves look good. Wow, who would have thought Honorary Marcus Garvey was so important in other countries apart from Jamaica. If black folks build upon his philosophy we, as a people, would be flying high and soaring, in greater numbers. One love my brother, peace. Great success to you.
Yeah it blew my mind to hear about his voyage and first arriving to Limon, Costa Rica
Have you ever think that everyone that stand up for human rights especially the Black's got killed early?
My grandfather brothers( my grand uncles) one went to Costa Rica and the other went to Panama to work. They never came back to Jamaica. I got family in Costa Rica and Panama that I have never met.
Yeah you definitely gotta check them out
Me too and I would love to find them, my great grandmother and grandmother is from Costa Rica,
Me too! My grandma told me that her family went to Costa Rica and Panama and never returned.
Same I have a whole section of family in Panama via one of my great great uncle and my grandfather use to go from Cuba to Jamaica back and forth🇯🇲🇨🇺🇵🇦
I appreciate this 🙏 ❤️ well done 👏 Jamaican all over the world 🌎 only to know. It is so good when someone do things like this so we can get to know more about our history because we all over the place and don't even know,keep up the good work man god bless 🙏 🙌 ❤
We are in Panama too, there's a big Jamaican presence in Panama, we worked on the canal..in cuba too, we worked in the sugar industry 🖤🇯🇲💯
Then I have to go
It's unbelievable. I thought their heritage would have washed out by now, third generation. It takes a special love to maintain your origin. They all sound like they are still living in Jamaica. How do they maintain it and stay current? I think we and the government should send recognition to all our people worldwide. They are bold and proud.
good idea
Wow, it's amazing how their Jamaican accent is still strong. I wish they would get a chance to see Jamaica.
Makes me emotional. I hope they are given equal opportunities in Costa Rica
Yeah, its a deep story
I’m a jamaican with autism I live in New York . I have no accent cause I was non verbal till 10 years old I came to America at 8 . Born in Spanishtown. .. I love my culture and country more than anything . 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Yes yes big ups!
Proud of you my brother, everlasting respect and love to all Garveyites.
Thanks for watching💪🏾💪🏾
Greetings, i am a new suscriber and i want to thank you for bringing awareness to our jamaicans who never believe me , much less the history. I am 4th generation born in costa rica from jamaica. My grest grandmother left jamaica at 10 years old with her parents and i have the record of the documents of when she they enter costa rica. The first time i went to jamaica , i cried for my great grandmother, grandmother and mother who never got the opportunity to go and visit jamaica, but thank God i went back to jamaica with my kids. My father last name is Garvey and i have yet still to investigate wheather he was my family or not. Somerimes i feel i am his family just by my tninking and behaviour is just like him, but hopefully my next trip to jamaica will be about gathering information. I am currently living in canada. Thank you. I appreciate.
Welcome home, it's sad that they didn't educated us about the extended families in those islands, but time will tell. You guys are related to the most legendary people on earth 🇯🇲, very resilient and powerful. God bless y'all Jamaicans home and abroad.
@@876mostvaluabletreasure2 thank you. You made me feel acknowledgement for the first time and i am sure my great grandmother must be finally at peace. One love.
I'm glad that you got to go back home!
These dudes have their accents even though they generations removed from Jamaica
Thought the same
YEEEEEEEEEEEEES
Jamaicans are ordained people.
@@SpannaBanna-e4e thought the same
Thats exactly what I'm saying. It shows how much of an influence the parents and their community had on their lives
Love it ,my grandfather was born in Costa Rica (LIMON) he told me it was by the beach he left when he was 19yrs old he never went back to Costa Rica hi 2 brothers use to visit us in Jamaica, long story.
It's definitely worth listening to, though
There’s tons of Jamaicans in Panama and the mix that’s why Spanish reggae originated from Panama. I’m proud to say I’m Panamaian and Jamaican. 🇵🇦🇯🇲🇵🇦🇯🇲🇵🇦🇯🇲🇵🇦🇯🇲
I plan to see
My grandfather came from Cuba 🇨🇺 this was nice to know. 😊😇
That's great! You've been to Cuba yet?
Thanks for the share man. Never knew I had some much Jamaican family in Costa Rica. I hope the are being treated well over there.
They tell me once upon a time they weren't but are integrated now
I'm third generation Jamaican from Limon. We speak English and Spanish. Church services in Limon are in English. Schools are in Spanish. Private school is bilingual. We are costarrican citizens and are part of the national culture. We have all the rights, opportunities, roles in government, no different than any other citizen. Of course there are racial issues like anywhere else but we fight and we are strong.
respect respect
I was wondering if they eventually learned to speak Spanish which I suspected they will because they are in a Spanish speaking country.
Yeah they know spanish. Drummond even talk about it in this video
4th generation here big up to our ancestors 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Big ups!!
MORE STRENGTH BRO ONE BIG FAMILY HEALTHY LIVITY LIVE THANKZ.
Yes bredda! One love
I’m glad you visited this area because I’ve heard about a lot of Jamaicans there but never got the chance to check it out.
You're welcome. Did you enjoy the video?
Colombia 🇨🇴 also has many members of the Jamaican Diaspora for example San Andre's & Santa Catalina, as well as Honduras🇭🇳 Nicaragua🇳🇮 Panama🇵🇦 & Belize 🇧🇿
Within Europe, UK🇬🇧 is the Hub due to HMT Empire Windrush, but many members of the Diaspora are also found in Berlin Germany🇩🇪 think YAAM is there hangout spot!!!
Shashamane in Ethiopia🇪🇹 is also another place in the World which has a large number of members from the Jamaican Diaspora, as well as Ghana🇬🇭
Japan🇯🇵 has a small Jamaican community, as well as Australia🇦🇺
You just gave me a bucket list of places to go. Thanks. Make sure you check out the Nicaragua video where I meet Bitta Bush, the Jamaican-Indian
They also have a large West Indian community next door in Panama. They were brought in to help build the Panama Canal back in the day.
Sounds like Panamá is the next spot i have to go
Jamaicans in Bocas Del Toro were brought by the british in 1870s to work in sugar cane and bananas . United Fruit company came the early 1900s.
someone told me to go to Bocas Del Toro and I wouldn't regret it
Great channel Fam.... I had an idea about the history but I never knew it was so deep..... Thanks for sharing....🇯🇲🖤💛💚🇯🇲
💯same here, bruh. Thanks for watching
Thank you for this bro, fresh knowledge.
I'm glad I could be of service
this whole video is a bad man ting! big up breadren! ✊🏾🇯🇲✊🏾
Respek, general
Drummond can offer tour guide services for Jamaicans, that want to come over there and learn the history.
absolutely, I'm definitely going to ask him if he's interested
Drummond is a popular Jamaican last name😆
he's legit
Thank you so much for this video. I will definitely share this video.
Thank you so much for watching. I appreciate it!
Never knew this....thank you!
Now you know how I felt when I found this out. I had to shine light on this
Welcome to may beautiful Limon, Costa Rica. I was born in Limon, resided in Florida. Came to see the Gran Gala Parade for the first time. Resting home from yesterday event. Going back to Florida in a few weeks.Love it here. Looking froward already in coming back home.
Sounds great!
This is amazing 🎉 congratulations on finding living history
Thanks for watching! It was a lot to take in
It would be so good too if they can trace their Jamaican roots to the parish or though some family names something anything you know.
Yeah, I wish they could find it. They do have a large banner with a list of Jamaicans in Costa Rica, their parish, and their occupation. That photo is right before George starts speaking
Please go back and interview folks older their homes and find out last names and what parish so Jamaicans watching could make linkages and connections. Don't make these blogs about having fun and all to get likes and subscriptions. Make them meaningful please.
Yeah, i did. a lot didn't want to be put on camera. I cant force them, but i hear what you're saying
Wish I have the time and money to travel
Thank u for this ,have a bless day ❤❤❤❤
I'm glad you liked it
I appreciate you brother for sharing this with us I watched the whole video with my son this was mind blowing!.
I just left there. Old Jamaican farmers own lots of the land in the hills. The area was basically ignored and did not receive services from the government. The area with Jamaicans became really self sufficient and community based. Puerto Viejo use to be called Old Harbor. Marcus Garvey used it as a place to strategize and plan his early years of resistance Mr self reliance. The companies Dole and Chauquita Bananas tried to buy out the lands. Jamaican families refused. They grew plantains, bananas, but mostly coffee and cocoa for chocolate. When they refused to sell their farms, a fungus soon came and begin to destroy their cocoa crops. They were pretty much isolated.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate the support
When come to Costa rica you need to find the jamaican that live here so we can tell what's it like living here i am a jamaican living over here in limon costa rica and i love it over here nice place to live here .🇯🇲+🇨🇷=love
🇯🇲one love
Thanks for this vdeo, very informative, my granfather Reginald 'Gold Teeth' Wade went to Panama to work in the mid 1940s. He was a driver and shoemaker by trade who hailed from St Mary, Jamaica. Greetings to all Jamaicans everywhere you are in the world. One love to all.
Thanks for sharing the info!
My grandfather worked in the Panama Canal. Then my father was sent to costa Rica as a missionary from the pentecostal church in jamaica to continue the lord’s work in Costa Rica
Amen to that
Great video brother 👍🏾👍🏾
Yo brotha! thanks for pulling up to the video!
@@NateInYoState always bro appreciate your content 👍🏾
Awesome...job
Yessir! Thanks very much
Just subscribed, love the content. This is fascinating along with so many Jamaican diaspora stories yet to be told. If you return to Costa Rica I would love to visit as well. ONE LOVE!
Yeah I'm definitely going to be a regular!
Great video! Jamaicans everywhere 🇯🇲 This is on my list of places to visit now!
Just like how Panama is now on my list. Thanks for watching and spreading the word!
I think this is a great topic to cover especially because a lot of people are not covering this topic. Very refreshing to watch a different topic on UA-cam.
😎Great job king! Thanks for the history lesson, I never knew all of this👏🏾. Subscribed!
Thanks for the sub and watching the video. It means a lot
Thanks for sharing. I was in Costa Rica five years ago for vacay...went back May of this year and never knew there was a little Jamaica in Costa Rica. I love it in Costa Rica.
Yes Limon Province is where they at
Same also in Ecuador some of the black people there are of Jamaican roots who in 1895 on the vision of the then President Eloy Alfaro brought in thousands of workers from Jamaica to build a railway system between Quito and Guayaquil. The reason why is not known is because most of the studies that have look at large scale moment of Jamaicans between 1850s-1930s only focus on 3 most important destinations- Cuba, Panama and Costa Rica. But other countries such as Ecuador, Nicaragua,Honduras, Guatemala,Haiti, Dominican Republic are also worth mentioning and explore.
Wow never knew
I love when 2 cultures come together and create a new culture
Its quite cool in a way
Thank you, Son, for sharing
I'm glad I could be of service
idk why i didn't realize this was a brand New video 🇯🇲✊🏿🇺🇲
Brand spankin new! Respect!
I will soon visit my family in Costa Rica, definitely. We haven't met yet but my wife and I are planning it out.
Sounds great! That would be quite the reveal
I thought was common knowledge to be honest. When they were building the panama 🇵🇦 canal the French could not deal with the conditions. So thousands of people from Jamaica Barbados Trinidad st Vincent left for work but never returned to their original countries. Similar situation with Costa Rica on this last statement if you ever meet someone from panama or Costa Rica who are black they never have a Spanish last name. You will see Anderson ,Willam’s Joseph Myers’s etc etc so this proves the point more.
70% of the labour came specifically from Jamaica.
Yeah, not everyone knew
this was different from the Panama canal project
This is Dope ma G!!! Keep Doing Damage!!!
Thanks ny brotha🫡
great job bro loving your hard work and dedication job well done more love from the heart in the eyes of God we pray amen watching from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
Much appreciated. Amen
incredible video , i really appreciated.
Thanks a lot for watching
My cousin’s father was conceived in costa rica and born in Jamaica,he also got deported from Jamaica when he was old and fathered over 20 children
What thats quit the story!
YES my brother keep up the good history work one love God Bless 🆗⚡❤️🇯🇲🇨🇦🇱🇷🇬🇧✌️👍
Thanks for watching. Share share share
Watching now bro
Razor Raze! Greatly appreciate it
My great grandfather Went to Costa Rica to help build the Panama Canal. He never came back to Jamaica. I went to Costa Rica in 2000. I met Jamaican Costa Rican’s. Which I never knew was there, but it was really nice. To meet those people even though I didn’t meet my grandfather and he left his two little girls in Jamaica. I felt like maybe they were a part of him. The thing that I found was very interested. That they weren’t born in Jamaica, but they had the Jamaican accent and they were actually spoke Spanish and patois together it was awesome.
Wow thats some history, i would've love to hear you grandpa's story
Respect MR Scott… we need more people like u..
Yes!
I am a first time subscriber thank you very much for this piece of information
Thank you for taking the time to watch this
Blessings to you from London. First time on your channel. Interesting video. I subscribed. All the best with your channel
@@jorjahdivine9622 i appreciate it
Great work bro 💪🏾
My brotha, I appreciate you coming through💪🏾💪🏾
Interesting video. I must visit Costa Rica some day. Greetings from a Jamaican living in the Netherlands.
You know something, I've seen the Netherlands in my analytics and I was question why. It's amazing that Jamaican folk is out there too!
Very interesting piece of history, thank you for sharing such a rich part of history.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
that intro was epic
I'm glad you liked it. I guess I do got some skills💪🏾😁
Great conversation with Mr Winston l love him he’s amazing
Yes he's awesome 👌🏾
Good video. I am Barbadian but i suggest that you go to Panama City too. We are all Windian!!ll the role played by Jamaicans Barbadians and other Caribbean Nationals in the construction of the Panama Canal like the Costa Rica railways, is fascinating. And our descendants are still there today.
Yeah I'm planning on it
Wow this is sooooo interesting!!! I wanna visit🇯🇲🇨🇦 so much history. I had no idea.
You should! It was random for me and look where we are today!
Some went to Panama too
More went to Panama to build the Panama Canal. Most were stranded there.
I've heard. I have to check that out