"Xaymaca" Archives - African Research Consult https://african-research.com/tag/xaymaca/ Your #1 Educational center Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/african-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-AREC.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 "Xaymaca" Archives - African Research Consult https://african-research.com/tag/xaymaca/ 32 32 194781668 “Xaymaca” – The Land of Wood and Water https://african-research.com/research/xaymaca-the-land-of-wood-and-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xaymaca-the-land-of-wood-and-water https://african-research.com/research/xaymaca-the-land-of-wood-and-water/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:14:31 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=1466 The Caribbean island of Jamaica was inhabited by the Arawak tribes prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. Early inhabitants of Jamaica named the land “Xaymaca”, meaning “Land of wood and water “. According to historian Henry Kwadwo Amoako, among West Africans,“Jamaica” is believed to have also been a Twi term that originated from [...]

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