SLAVERY A. Slaves were people captured in war‚ used to settle a debt‚ or made slaves as a means of punishment. The Spaniards in the Caribbean had little need for African slaves in the early 1500s for various reasons. The Treaty of Tordesillas‚ which was a line of demarcation drawn north to south‚ west of the Azores and Cape Verde’s‚ stipulated that the areas west of the line belonged to the Spaniards and the east to the Portuguese. As a result of the treaty Africa was on Portugal’s side of
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Roderick Lu Music 104-02 What is meant by Caribbean music in a new mode? What emphasis‚ in this chapter‚ seems to justify a departure from traditional presentations of music and culture of the Caribbean? Caribbean music in a new mode it’s meant that it probes the African antecedents retained in the region’s religious rituals. The chapter further contends that in the African-derived context‚ no distinction is made between sacred and secular‚ and that popular festivals like carnival‚ rara‚ junkannu
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Within the Caribbean‚ three main natural disasters are hurricanes‚ earthquakes‚ floods. The great damages caused by natural disasters may be divided into two categories: social and economic and environmental. However‚ this essay will address the social and economic impact of these natural disasters on the Caribbean and how to reduce the effects of these disasters. In regards to the essay‚ Hurricanes (with special emphasis being placed on Hurricane Gilbert) and floods as well as two Caribbean territories
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When the White people‚ and then the Blacks‚ arrived on the Caribbean islands‚ they faced small groups‚ as the Carib and Arawak‚ speaking their own language and living their own cultures. Once the mentioned contact was made‚ the Caribbean creole was created. The original population of the islands had already influenced Spanish‚ lending them some words‚ and now was the time of participating in the English and African languages‚ as well as letting be influenced. The Caribbean creole is a Black English
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thus improving communication and compliance; helping us healthcare practitioners utilising our skills fully in treating both Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients. But when it comes to applying holistic methods in healthcare in Australia‚ methods of treatment in Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australian patients are to be very different.
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Music of the Caribbean region differs from island to island. The Caribbean got its name from the term “Carib”‚ which is the name of an old Native American ethnic group. Today the region is divided into four different parts: Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and British Caribbean. The Spanish Caribbean consists of Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ and Dominican Republic; the French Caribbean consists of Haiti‚ Martinique‚ Guadeloupe‚ and French Guiana; the Dutch Caribbean contains Suriname‚ Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao‚ Saba‚
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for selected and specific materials to be done on attempting to assist people of the Caribbean acknowledge and approach in a conscious manner human sexuality. He thought that Caribbean people needed to recognize‚ understand and accept their sexuality rather than approach it in an air of ambivalence. In his view‚ the materials written in this field‚ had an absence of how to really apply pastoral counseling to the Caribbean people; who in his mind had a characteristic history and culture pertaining to
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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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The U.S in the Caribbean since 1776 when it gained independence from Britain ‚it became the dominant power in the region.The U.S has had an interest in the Caribbean due to its cole proximity and strategic importance since this time however the Caribbean began to play a more dominant role in U.S foreign policy in the 19th century beginning with Cuba 1898‚puerto rico1898 and Haiti in 1915.These later expeditions due nominally to the monore doctrine of 1823. The U.S interests as stated earlier although
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Upon reading this chapter I was intrigued. How have these indigenous religions survived hundreds of thousands of years with little to no written text? I understand that most of their teachings were passed down orally or from some form of pictures. However‚ I cannot help but wonder if maybe parts of the religions were changed along the way. These indigenous religions are usually found in remote parts of the world with almost no access to technology. With that being said‚ how did we come to know so
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