Bob Marley assassination attempt Bob Marley assassination attempt Michael Manley, son of former Prime Minister Norman Manley, was elected Prime Minister of Jamaica in 1972. To address growing inequality in Jamaican society, Manley embarked on several democratic socialist reforms of the state, including land ownership reform, free education from primary to university, and nationalization of certain industries. Such policies had massive popularity among many people in Jamaica, but there were others who either saw the reforms as contrary to their businesses or as a high precursor to a Cuban-style communist government. Beginning in 1974, he was also opposed by the more conservative Edward Seaga
Athletics in Jamaica former Trinidad sprinter Ato Boldon is also Jamaican. The parents of high jumper Dalton Grant, European and Commonwealth gold medallist and triple Olympian, were both born in Jamaica, in Kingston and St. Thomas respectively. Japanese sprinter Asuka Cambridge, who competed in the semi-finals for the 100 meter race in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, was born in Jamaica to a Jamaican father and Japanese mother. Denise Lewis(2001) Personal Best London: Century Athletics in Jamaica This article is about the athletics in Jamaica from the early 20th century to the present. In 80 years, Jamaica has won 42 Commonwealth Golds, 14