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12/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Longtime friends Mo Farah and Usain Bolt exchange victory salutes

Among the five things we learned from the penultimate day at the Olympics are that an official tried and failed to take the relay baton away from Usian Bolt following the Jamaican's world ...

11/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

'Living legend' Usain bolts into Olympic history

A towering, ultra-musculed athlete surged his way into legend on a balmy Thursday evening in east London.

10/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Bolt the legend, Rudisha - it runs in the family

Five things we learned from day 13 of the London Olympics;

06/08/2012 - Report: London Olympic Games 2012

Usain Bolt - showman, sprinter and (almost) gastronome

Usain Bolt is the showman incarnate. He played up for pre-race TV cameras as they rolled past and acknowledged the crowd with a few more gestures as his name was announced over the loudspeakers.

Jamaica 50 years since independence
06/08/2012 - World news explained

Jamaica 50 years since independence

Jamaica achieved independence from Britain 50 years ago. The Caribbean island was one of the first Commonwealth countries to seperate from the colonial power.

30/12/2011 - Jamaica

Jamaica's first-ever woman prime minister back in office

Jamaica’s left-leaning People’s National Party (PNP) has beaten the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in a general election that sees the country’s first-ever woman prime minister, ...

28/08/2011 - Sports - South Korea - Jamaica

Reigning champ Bolt disqualified after false start

Defending champion Usain Bolt was disqualified in the 100 metre final of the World Championships on Sunday after a shocking false start. Fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake took the gold.

A Jamaican listener's essay marks the final Sound Kitchen
20/03/2011 - The Club 9516 Sound Kitchen

A Jamaican listener's essay marks the final Sound Kitchen

Well, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and we’re at the end of The Sound Kitchen programmes.

Jamaica - the birthplace of rap?
14/01/2011 - World Tracks

Jamaica - the birthplace of rap?

Bruno Blum is the controversial French author who's brought out a book called Rap Was Born in Jamaica.

Ska! Ska! Ska! and other Jamaican classics
19/09/2010 - The Club 9516 Sound Kitchen

Ska! Ska! Ska! and other Jamaican classics

Jamaica has touched the hearts and tickled the stomachs of many with its multi-genre music and tasty food. There is a large Jamaican community in London, but only a tiny one here in France.

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