According to George P. Murdock (1949) the family is a social unit characterized by common residence‚ economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children own or adopted‚ of the sexually cohabiting adults. This was the universal‚ nuclear family view by functionalists; however Giddens 2009 mentioned the fact that a family could be a ‘kin’. On the other hand‚ though there isn’t any clear
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Spanish and German settlers‚ although other ancestry groups are represented to a smaller degree‚ including Norwegian‚ French‚ Italian‚ English‚ Irish‚ and Russian.There are about 110‚000 Salvadorans living in Guatemala. There is a sizable population of Garifuna‚ who are descended from black Africans who intermarried with indigenous peoples. Mulattos and Afro-Guatemalans are mostly descended from plantation workers. Guatemala has a large population of Asians‚ particularly of Chinese and Korean descent. These
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Name: Belize; formerly known as British Honduras. Location: Belize is bordered on the North by Mexico‚ on the South and West by Guatemala and on the East by the Caribbean Sea. Currency: Population: Since the last census established in July 2008 a total of 301‚270 was recorded. Flag: The coat of arms shows: 1. A mahogany tree: the first European settlers in Belize became mahogany traders and the mahogany trade was once the economical
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The first permanent settlements of Nicaragua were founded in 1524 by a conquistador named Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. By September 15th of 1821‚ those small settlements evolved into the Republic of Nicaragua. The president of Nicaragua is Daniel Ortega. He was first elected in 2007‚ and he is currently serving his second term in office. Just like the United States‚ Nicaragua has three branches of government: executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial. Nicaragua is run by republicans. There have been
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The Caribbean cultural and society is really based on the whole process of Hybridization‚ which generally refers to the mixture and syncretic forms which occur in society such as the race‚ religion‚ language‚ food etc. This process began with the era of discovery when European and Amerindian copulated which resulted in the creation of the Mestizo. This later became entrenched in plantation society with the European and African producing the mulatto or coloured. Through hybridization members
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of Belizean History Belize‚ the only English speaking country in Central America‚ emerged from being a mere settlement for pirates to an independent nation of patriots. The population of this diverse country is made up of Creole‚ Mestizo‚ Maya‚ Garifuna‚ East Indian‚ Chinese and Mennonites. In fact‚ each ethnic group plays a vital role in the remarkable history of Belize. The Europeans also contributed to what is now Belize. Nonetheless‚ to receive the essence of Belizean History‚ it is imperative
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BLACK CIVILIZATIONS OF ANCIENT AMERICA (MUU-LAN)‚ MEXICO (XI) Gigantic stone head of Negritic African The earliest people in the Americas were people of the Negritic African race‚ who entered the Americas perhaps as early as 100‚000 years ago‚ by way of the bering straight and about thirty thousand years ago in a worldwide maritime undertaking that included journeys from the then wet and lake filled Sahara towards the Indian Ocean and the Pacific‚ and from West Africa across the Atlantic
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The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time 1. Wátina by Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Coll... 2. Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares by Bulgarian State Television Femal... 3. Live With Ginger Baker by Fela Kuti 4. Djiriyo by Abdoulaye Diabete 5. Congotronics by Konono N1 6. Everything Is Possible! by Os Mutantes 7. The Dub Factor by Black Uhuru 8. Força Bruta by Jorge Ben 9. The Orphan’s Lament by Huun-Huur-Tu
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ANTIGUAN CREOLE Antiguan Creole‚ owing to its British Colonial history‚ is English-based‚ and thus obviously shares many characteristics with British English. Also‚ because of the history of African slaves on the island‚ West African languages have contributed to Antiguan Creole‚ but in rather limited ways. The closest comparison to Antiguan Creole is Jamaican Creole‚ as Antiguan Creole shares the general structure with it. Antiguan Creole has some of its own distinctive features however.
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