Toppa Top 50: Fifty Great Jamaicans

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August 6, 2012


Diane Abbott

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Born to Jamaican parents, Abbott is the first black woman to be elected to parliament in the UK. She was elected in 1987 as representative from Hackney North and Stoke Newington and, in more recent times, has become well known for some of her outspoken tweets.—Erin MacLeod