Caribbean Studies notes Module 1 Caribbean society and culture Location of the Caribbean Greater Antilles: Cuba‚ Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico Lesser Antilles: * Windward islands: Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia‚ Guadeloupe‚ Dominica‚ Martinique * Leeward islands: Antigua and Barbuda‚ St. Kitts-Nevis‚ Montserrat‚ Anguilla‚ Virgin islands Netherland Antilles: Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao (ABC"islands); Saint Marten‚ Saba‚ St. Eustatius Mainland Territories:
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Caribbean Journal He stands outside the fencing looking in. Inside‚ sunbathers relishing their flesh - some white‚ some black‚ and some of other skins - diving and swimming‚ feign not to notice him‚ fingers of doubt spread wide‚ gripping holes of mesh. Some people on the grass are picnicking. His pants are torn; he does not have a shirt; his face‚ a mask of sun-flaked grease and dirt‚ too young to understand his day’s events‚ dreams mountain-slide of magic dollars and cents to cancel
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Rationale Area of Research: Slavery in the Caribbean “What evidence is there to prove that the Africans‚ who arrived in the British West Indies‚ were ill-treated?”This project seeks to examine the nature of slavery in the British West Indies and to prove that the slaves endured harsh‚ inhumane conditions. Acknowledgement First of all I would like to thank the Lord for giving me the health‚ strength and understanding to complete this project. Secondly‚ I would like to pay credit to
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Europeans came into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus’s momentous journeys in 1492‚ 1496 and 1498. The desire for expansion and trade led to the settlement of the colonies. The indigenous peoples‚ according to our sources mostly peaceful Tainos and warlike Caribs‚ proved to be unsuitable for slave labour in the newly formed plantations‚ and they were quickly and brutally decimated. The descendants of this once thriving community can now only be found in Guiana and Trinidad. The slave trade
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transported in small ships. 5. It is not a perishable product 6. It was not too bulky. 7 The Dutch were easily the greatest traders in the Caribbean Region‚ they were looking for ways by which to increase their trade and saw that encouraging the planting of sugar was a great opportunity. Sugar needed capital which the small planters of the Eastern Caribbean did not have‚ but the Dutch came to the rescue by supplying credit. 8 Sugar could not be grown in the temperate climate of Europe. c.) Four
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Barbados is a small country located in the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Bridgetown with a population of about 8‚789. The head of state of Barbados is Queen Elizabeth II and she is represented by General Dame Nita Barrow. The total population of the country is around 252‚000. The main language is English and the predominant religion is Christianity. Their date of independence was November 30‚ 1966. Barbados is the eastern most Caribbean Island. It is about 200 miles North-North East
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society is an indication that a person is ‘decent’. It is my opinion that the lyrical content of this song truly makes it one that is worth an individual’s time‚ since it highlights issues that are pertinent to not only the Jamaican individual but the Caribbean individual. In this instance it is presented creatively through song which is attractive to a target audience of youth. Banton was able to utilize his lyrics‚ in dialect‚ and told in an almost conversational manner‚ to achieve his goal of enlightening
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such as the turbulence in Libya and the Middle East‚ and the earthquake in Japan‚ the oil prices were set to rise once again in 2011. This was the reason why the cost of the fuel made to the top priority in risk management affecting not only Royal Caribbean but also the entire cruise line industry‚ where the fuel costs signify concern given by representing a major part of a ship’s expenditure. The alteration of the oil prices has always been an unstable business‚ being $140 per barrel in July 2008
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THE EDUCATION SYSTEM The structure of education in Jamaican has gone through several stages of development over the years. The former education system was established in an agrarian society‚ intended to maintain and reinforce a social structure characterized by a small white elite and a largely black labouring class‚ however it has now evolved into an Industrial and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Age. This has contributed to shaping a system which is dynamic in nature‚ preparing
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that 91.9% of teenagers who attend secondary schools have used alcohol at some point in their lives . He also stated that other studies have proven that teenagers in Trinidad And Tobago appear to have higher rates of alcohol use compared to other Caribbean countries and America . Alcohol is by far the most used and abused drug
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