Why is Jamaica Sometimes Called Little Ghana?
4 min readDec 6, 2020
I am in the travel business, so I need to know why so many people call Jamaica, Little Ghana.
Many Jamaicans seem to have the same initial reaction when they arrive in Ghana for the very first time. “It feels so familiar. It reminds me of home. I feel so comfortable.”
Why was that, I wondered. So I did a little research and here’s what I learned.