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Portal:Jamaica/Selected article/1 Politics of Jamaica takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Jamaica's current Constitution was drafted in 1962 by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature. It came into force with the Jamaica Independence Act, 1962 of the United Kingdom Parliament, which gave Jamaica political independence with a parliamentary system based on the United Kingdom model. As chief of state, Queen Elizabeth II appoints a largely ceremonial governor general, on the advice of the Prime Minister. Executive power is vested in the cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, and legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.

Constitutional safeguards include freedom of speech, press, worship, movement, and association. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Jurisprudence is based on English common law.

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The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. It is located on the southeastern coast of the island country at 17°59′N 76°48′W. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. In the Western Hemisphere, Kingston is the largest predominantly English-speaking city south of the United States.

The local government bodies of the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew were amalgamated by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation Act of 1923, to form the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston or the "Corporate Area" refers to the KSAC, and not just the Parish of Kingston, which consists of only the old downtown and Port Royal.

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Portal:Jamaica/Selected article/3 Ska is a Jamaica-originated music genre that combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bassline, a scratchlike tempo, accented guitar or piano rhythms on the offbeat; and in some cases, jazz-like horn riffs. Originating in the late 1950s, it was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

In the 1960s, ska was the preferred music genre of rude boys, although many ska artists condemned the violent rude boy subculture. Ska was also popular with British mods and skinheads, so artists such as Symarip, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker and The Pioneers aimed songs at members of those two subcultures. Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three waves, with a revival in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and another in the 1990s, mostly based in the United States.

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The Honourable Bruce Golding
8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
In office 11 September 2007 – 23 October 2011
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Kenneth Hall Patrick Allen
Deputy	Kenneth Baugh
Preceded by	Portia Simpson-Miller
Succeeded by	Andrew Holness
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 24 January 2005 – 20 November 2011
Preceded by	Edward Seaga
Succeeded by	Andrew Holness
Leader of the Opposition
In office 24 January 2005 – 11 September 2007
Prime Minister	Percival Patterson Portia Simpson-Miller
Preceded by	Edward Seaga
Succeeded by	Portia Simpson-Miller
Member of Parliament for Kingston West
In office 24 January 2005 – 29 December 2011
Preceded by	Edward Seaga
Succeeded by	Desmond McKenzie
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-05) 5 December 1947 Chapelton, Jamaica
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse	Lorna Golding
Alma mater	University of the West Indies (B.A.)

Orette Bruce Golding (born 5 December 1947) is a former Jamaican politician who served as eighth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 11 September 2007 to 23 October 2011. He is a member of the Jamaica Labour Party which he led from 2005 to his resignation in 2011.

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Bob Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous for popularising the genre outside Jamaica. A faithful Rastafari, Marley is regarded by many as a prophet of the religion.

Marley is best known for his ska, rocksteady, and reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Three Little Birds", "Exodus", "Could You Be Loved", "Jammin", "Redemption Song", and "One Love". His posthumous compilation album Legend (1984) is the best-selling reggae album ever, with sales of more than 12 million copies.

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