Island Vibe
AUGUST 6TH 1962 SIGNALED THE END OF 300+ YEARS OF BRITISH RULE ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE WAS OUR NEW LEADER HE WAS ELECTED AS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER WE LOWERED THE BRITISH FLAG, THE UNION JACK AND HOISTED OUR OWN, THE GOLD, GREEN, AND BLACK WE SELECTED OUR OWN SYMBOLS, ANTHEM, AND EMBLEMS AND ELECTED MEMBERS TO PARLIAMENT FORMED OUR OWN POLICE FORCE AND MILITARY WE REGULATED OUR OWN CURRENCY FRAMED OUR OWN DEMOCRACY ENDING BRITISH AUTHORITY OUR HEROES WE HONOR AND NOMINATE SIX MALES, ONE FEMALE WE ORIGINATED SKA, REGGAE, AND DANCEHALL EXCELLED IN MANY SPORTS SUCH AS CRICKET, FOOTBALL TRACK AND FIELD AND NETBALL THE POPULATION NOW, NEARLY THREE MILLION WITH DIVERSE, ETHNIC, AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS EVOLVED FROM AFRICANS, CHINESE, EAST INDIAN MIDDLE EASTERN, AND CAUCASIAN OUR MOTTO SAYS “OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE” WE ARE HIGH ACHIEVERS, WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE NOT FEEBLE WE ARE RELIGIOUS, WE ARE SPIRITUAL WITH SOME REVIVALISTS, SOME RASTAFARIANS AND SOME CHRISTIANS WE ARE STILL STRIVING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SOAR THIS YEAR WE ARE 59 YEARS OLD HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMAICA OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND HOME WRITTEN BY: CHARMAINE ALLWOOD HANSON 8/4/21
