important courses that are required for matriculation into law school is “law and society”. This is due to the fact that this course covers interaction between Law and Society from a historical‚ economical‚ political‚ sociological perspective of Caribbean societies‚ from primitive to transitional and also modern societies. It incorporates trends of law enforcement as well as current social and technological changes that influence society. It is premised on the fact that law has a critical function
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published in 1992. This story was written to give the readers a colourful illustration of lifestyle in the Caribbean. The story is about the writer’s aunt‚ Tanti Merle and her first visit to the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad to watch a cricket match between the Combined islands and Trinidad. The story describes Tanti Merle as a colourful character who likes to be in control or as most Caribbean people would say “she likes her own way”. She is loud and embarrassing to the speaker and her actions show
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plantation economy was based on agricultural mass production of sugar cane. Evidently‚ the rise of sugar economies points out to a transformative power of a single commodity‚ which resulted to crop determinism.(1) To this effect‚ economies of the Caribbean colonies expanded massively in the sense that sugar plantations shifted to production that realized
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I Chapter – Geography and Sociolinguistic characteristic of the Caribbean. According to Baptiste (1995) the thing which is very important and helpful in understanding the Caribbean English and where that language comes from is studying the history‚ geography and sociolinguistics of the Caribbean. Humanities‚ social science and natural science need to be taken into account to know what varieties of English are spoken in Caribbean‚ how this language developed and what kind of connection has the
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retention programs in place. African retention in Trinidad and Tobago is an e.g. of cultural retention. THE SUNDAY MARKET The tradition of Sunday markets in Trinidad is a result of the agricultural knowledge brought to the Caribbean by the enslaved Africans. Subsistence farming was popular apart from the regular work they had to do on the plantations. The enslaved Africans were allowed to grow and harvest their own food supply on the little plots near
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HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT HUMANITIES COURSE SYLLABUS History of the Caribbean: LAC 108 Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00AM-12:15PM Professor: Ana Ozuna‚ Ph.D. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday‚ 2:00PM-3:30PM Office: C-417 E-mail: aozuna@hostos.cuny.edu Tel.: 718-518-6852 REQUIRED TEXTS Palmié‚ S.‚ & Scarano‚ F. A. (Eds.). (2011) The Caribbean‚ a History of the Region and Its Peoples. Chicago: UP Chicago. ISBN-13: 978-0226645087 Handouts
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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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GRAYDON SEALY SECONDARY SCHOOL GENERAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT HISTORY Guidelines for the Completion of Caribbean History SBA ❖ Please note that the guidelines that follow are to assist you; therefore‚ they should be followed. However‚ if you are unclear about anything pertaining to what you have to do‚ it is your responsibility to seek the necessary assistance from your subject teacher. CXC Caribbean History Examination Outline The CXC History Paper consists of three parts: 1. Pap
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Shantal Jaikaran (812001019) Course: Anthropology of the Peoples of the Caribbean Lecturer: Mr. Anand Rampersad The work of Dylan Kerrigan‚ put forth concerning Trinidadian heritage and ‘pre-history’ serves as a thought provoking piece‚ exposing myths that are accepted by the Caribbean people as facts. This is mostly due to a lack of available information on the Caribbean’s history and more specifically on the development of the Caribbean as the rich blend of many ethnicities and cultures‚ some of which
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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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