Marie-Elena John (born 1963) is a Caribbean writer whose first novel‚ Unburnable‚ was published in 2006. She was born and raised in Antigua and is a former development specialist of the African Development Foundation‚ the World Council of Churches’ Program to Combat Racism‚ and Global Rights (formerly the International Human Rights Law Group)‚ where she worked in support of the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is known especially for her work in the United
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Caribbean Studies Paper 1‚ May/June 2010 Section A- Module 1- Caribbean Culture and Society 1. (a) Outline ONE advantage of defining the Caribbean in geographical terms. [2mks] (b) Outline ONE disadvantage of using a geological basis for defining the Caribbean. [2mks] (c) Explain why Mexico is sometimes described as ‘Caribbean’. [2mks] 2. (a) Define the term ‘plate tectonics’ [2mks] (b) Describe TWO ways in which volcanic activity has influenced Caribbean society
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to do not with the color of the laborer‚ but the cheapness of the labor …… [Caribbean] colonies needed labor and resorted to Negro labor because it was cheapest and best. This was not a theory‚ it was a practical conclusion deduced from the personal experience of the planter. [Caribbean planters] would have gone to the moon‚ if necessary‚ for labour. Africa was nearer than the moon ……”1 Comment. Fourteen Caribbean nations are suing the governments of the United Kingdom‚ France and the Netherlands
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Midnight Robber mixes the conventions of the science fiction with Afro-Caribbean symbols and history. The inhabitants of Toussaint have not completely forgotten the history out of which they arose on Earth. Jonkanoo has become a holiday during which they celebrate the landing of the Marryshow Corporation nation ships that had brought their ancestors to Toussaint two centuries before: “Time to remember the way their forefathers had toiled and sweated together: Taino Carib and Arawak; African; Asian;
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“The Kalinagos and Tianos are alive and well in the Caribbean.” Discuss. The Amerindians were one of the first set of people to populate the Eastern Caribbean and they established many civilizations. The Amerindian people were made up of two unique and distinctive groups; the Arawaks‚ which were also known as Taino‚ who populated the Greater Antilles and the Caribs‚ which were also known as Kalinagos‚ who resided in the Lesser Antilles. In this day and age‚ there is no existence of the great civilizations
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questions that follow. “The French Caribbean‚ unlike the British Caribbean‚ had‚ after 1685‚ a slave code drawn up by the mother country as the basis of their slave laws. However‚ the contrast between the French and the British with regard to the slave laws was not as great as the contrast between the Spanish and the British territories” Adopted from Elsa Goveda‚ “The West Indian Slave Laws of the 18th Century” In H. Beckles and V. Sheperd (eds) Caribbean Slave Society and Economy: A Student
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The labor systems of Latin America and Caribbean‚ since 1750‚ have abandoned slavery‚ however continued the practice of indentured servitude and consisting of mostly immigrant and foreign laborers. Since 1750‚ the labor systems have discontinued the use of slavery. In the mid-to-late 1700s‚ the Columbian Exchange increased the demand for Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s natural resources‚ like sugar. As a result‚ slavery was at an all-time high because of the plantation owner’s desire for a greater
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Title Page Question: Compare the independence movements in the French and the Dutch Colonies (20 marks) The path to independence for the Caribbean progressed gradually from emancipation until the end of the nineteenth century Caribbean people was shaking off the mental‚ psychological and emotional trauma associated with enslavement and bonded labour. The abolition of slavery in the various colonies did not result in any significant change in the social‚ economic
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Exploring African Influence on the West Indian/Caribbean Culture It is rather interesting that in a “progressive” society‚ our behavior and practices are firmly rooted in our past. It is ever possible to wrest ourselves from the harsh realities of slavery and its ensuing impact upon Caribbean way of life? Probably to do so may mean rewriting history (our-story) or maybe knowledge of where we are coming from is what we need to help us embrace those parts of our history that must be held on to and
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Creole Society There is a vast range of cultural diversity in the Caribbean today. In this paper‚ I would be discussing the similarities and differences found between the plantation society model and the Creole society model. The plantation model was developed in the late 1960’s. According to the book Mustapha (2009)‚ the plantation system played a dominant role in the economic‚ social‚ political and cultural life of the Caribbean. George Beckford (1972) saw the plantation system as a total economic
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