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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison,known as Toni Morrison,was an American novelist. Her first novel,The Bluest Eye,was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988,Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987);she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
The Jamaican,common or Mexican fruit bat is a fruit-eating bat native to Mexico,through Central America to northwestern South America,as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas. Populations east of the Andes in South America are now usually regarded a separate species,the flat-faced fruit-eating bat. The distinctive features of the Jamaican fruit bat include the absence of an external tail and a minimal,U-shaped interfemoral membrane.
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Earl "Chinna" Smith,a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late 1960s. He is most well known for his work with the Soul Syndicate band and has recorded with many reggae artists,appearing on more than 500 albums.
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Jason Morrison is a retired Jamaican footballer who played as a midfielder. He played over 10 years for Jamaica and clubs in England,Belgium,Hungary and Norway.
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Rose Allwood Morrison is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1972,1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Montego Bay High School is an all-girls high school in Montego Bay,St. James,Jamaica. The school was established in 1935.
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The 14th Parliament of Jamaica was sworn in after being elected at the 2020 Jamaican general election.
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- ↑ "Kerensia Morrison". JAMP. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
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