Keith Valentine Graham, better known as Levi Roots, is a Jamaican-British businessman and celebrity chef currently residing in Daventry, Northamptonshire who first came to prominence on the fourth series of the British TV show Dragons' Den successfully pitching his Reggae Reggae Sauce product. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Roots is worth an estimated £30M.
Roots at the Notting Hill Carnival 2010
British Jamaicans are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into its third generation and consists of around 300,000 individuals, the second-largest Jamaican population, behind the United States, living outside of Jamaica. The Office for National Statistics estimates that in 2015, some 137,000 people born in Jamaica were resident in the UK. The number of Jamaican nationals is estimated to be significantly lower, at 49,000 in 2015.
Jamaican passengers disembark the HMT Empire Windrush at the Port of Tilbury, June 1948
A scene from the April 1981 Brixton riot which was one of the most violent and destructive riots in British history.
Scotch bonnet peppers imported from the Caribbean on sale at London's Brixton Market. The peppers are a key ingredient of "Jerk" dishes
Former Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge, who was born in Birmingham to Jamaican parents