Based Assessment Name: Mellisa Walker Subject: Caribbean History School: St. Hugh’s High Candidate Number: Centre Number: Territory: Jamaica Teacher: Ms. Hyman Year: 2013 Theme: Caribbean History Topic: West African cultural forms and its presence in the British Caribbean up 1838. Statement of the Problem Is it true to suggest that there was a strong presence of African cultural forms within the British Caribbean plantation society up to 1838? Rationale The
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Negritude Stanford 1. The genesis of the concept The concept of Négritude emerged as the expression of a revolt against the historical situation of French colonialism and racism. The particular form taken by that revolt was the product of the encounter‚ in Paris‚ in the late 1920’s‚ of three black students coming from different French colonies: Aimé Césaire (1913–2008) from Martinique‚ Léon Gontran Damas (1912–1978) from Guiana and Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) from Senegal. Being colonial
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slaves‚ cash crops‚ and manufactured goods between West Africa‚ Caribbean ‚American colonies and Europe. The use of African slaves was key to growing colonial cash crops‚ which were exported to Europe. European goods‚ in turn‚ were used to purchase African slaves‚ which were then brought on the sea lane west from Africa to the Americas‚ the so called middle passage. A classic example would be the trade of sugar from the Caribbean to Europe where it was distilled into rum. The profits from the sale
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political and cultural life. Imperialism seeks to achieve the same aim as colonialism but “without the trouble and cost of actually establishing colonies”(Llyod Erskine Sandiford‚ Politics & Society ‚An Introduction in Barbados and the Caribbean‚(Cassia Publishing Limited ‚2000)‚24).These dominant nations where so eager that they did not only dominant colonies but countries to .The growth of imperialism was based on citizens being proud of their country’s accomplishment‚ which
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For the first ten years of colonization‚ Hispaniola was the only colony in the Caribbean where the Spanish settled. In the 16thcentury‚ Hispaniola was the centre of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean. It was known as the Pearl of the Caribbean. Just like in the other colonies‚ the Tainos thought that the Spaniards were gods and welcomed them into their villages. Columbus believed that Hispaniola had gold and forced the Tainos to work in the mines. Columbus also made the Tainos pay the Spanish
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The book “Nativity”: ISBN 9780913441978‚ published in 2010‚ proves to be an engaging‚ yet informative piece. Written by‚ a Caribbean author‚ Lasana M. Sekou‚ the narrative of the poem is perfectly represented by its title. Sekou’s piece is concerned with the emergence‚ or birth‚ of a new culture through the oppression and enslavement of African people and the destruction of their civilisation‚ by the white Europeans. While the Europeans successfully managed to suppress the culture through their dominance
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ON HATI AND THE WIDER CARIBBEAN? Theme: Caribbean Economy and Haitian revolution OBJECTIVES: To examine the horrors of the Haitian revolution To see how the Haitian revolution affect Haiti and the Caribbean To see how the Haitian revolution affect Haiti financial status. To see how the Haitian revolution and French revolution related. RATIONALE: THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION HAD FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR HAITI AND THE WIDER CARIBBEAN. I am aiming to prove
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Throughout the last few readings and films that have been shown and talked about they have touched upon the topic of what pop culture does for nations like Haiti. Pop culture is a way for the Caribbean to express the politics‚ emotions‚ and the social conflicts the natives of the Caribbean face every day being in the Caribbean or in America. Rara is something that is used to express thoughts through music and it is used in a spiritual context to show respect to dead relatives (McAlister‚ 2002). It has
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an in-depth knowledge about the political and economic history of the Caribbean. Eric William gives his readers the story of how Europeans “discovered” the Caribbean and how they governed it. Thus the various events that took place right from the time of Christopher Columbus‚ focusing on the colonial sweepstakes pursued by France‚ England‚ the Netherlands‚ Spain‚ and Denmark. The main idea of chapter seven is how the Caribbean came to be the cock pit of European rivalry and wars in the latter parts
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Trade and the Columbian Exchange greatly affected the world between 1450 CE and 1750 CE. The Columbian Exchange helped to link the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Europe‚ while huge international trade networks aided in shaping the world. In these trade networks‚ the spice‚ silver‚ slave‚ and sugar trades were especially important in affecting the world. The silver trade became a huge part of the world economy‚ and allowed Europe greater participation in East Asian commerce. Silver was central to world trade
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