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    When it comes to subcultures I have two‚ one is Haitian food‚ and the other one is reggae music. Living in the United States change a lot of things about me‚ but one thing it does not change is my taste for Haitian food. I love Haitian food to a point where I would not trade a Haitian dish for any other dishes in this country. In fact‚ I find it is extremely bizarre if I go to a restaurant and it does not server any dish that is similar to Haitian dish‚ I would not eat. Yet‚ I cannot say that I’m

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    might recognize this religion from the famous singer "Bob Marley" who became a symbol of this religion. If you are anything like me‚ you probably have an image of Rastafarians as wild looking people who constantly smoke marijuana while partying to reggae music. But as the Caribbean Club President Tamara Darroux said: "Rastafarianism is not a hairstyle‚ it’s a lifestyle". After doing an extensive research on this speech‚ I can tell you that Rastafarianism is indeed a lifestyle. Today I would like to

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    Regardless of your race‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ all of us have experienced stereotyping at one time in our life. It is very clear that some are stereotyped far more than others. Why do certain groups feel the effects of this so much more? There are distinct differences between stereotyping‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination‚ we will be exploring the differences between them and how commonly they are used in social society today‚ with or without our own knowledge. Imagine a man named

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    of themes‚ the major ones being: cultural affirmation; aspirations to freedom; and resistance to oppression as expressed in rituals such as Vodou‚ Santeria‚ Candomble‚ Kumina‚ or Shango; popular dance-hall styles like "rasin" in Haiti‚ reggae in Jamaica‚ samba-reggae in Brazil; and carnival musics like calypso and soca in Trinidad & Tobago. The mix of culture seems to justify a departure from traditional presentation of music and culture of the Caribbean. Caribbean music was influenced by the triple

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    Jamaica is a beautiful Caribbean Island located in the North America continent. I chose Jamaica as my country because thats where my father is from. It is important to me to learn about my country. Jamaica is known for the beaches‚ spicy food and reggae music. However‚ this country is known for having a homicide rate (36.1: 100‚000)‚ which makes this country the top-five highest (per capita) homicide rates in the world. ( Jamaica 2017 Crime & Safety Report). Despite the negative aspects of Jamaica

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    of Reggae music. Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer who was born in nineteen forty-five and passed away at the age thirty-seven. Son of a white marine’s captain and a younger native. Reggae genre was universally known because his songs represent his beliefs. Bob Marley had a brilliant career‚ and even had profound effects in countries where English is not the native language. Reggae music originates from the development of ska and rocksteady music. The main characteristics of Reggae are

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    traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. They are each syntheses of African‚ European‚ Indian and Indigenious influences‚ largely created by African slave descendants‚ along with contribution from other communities. Some of the styles that gained wide popularity outside of the Caribbean includes reggae‚ zouk‚ salsa‚ bouyon‚ calypso‚ soca‚ reggaeton and punta. The diverse history of Caribbean music begins with tribal

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    DDADCASC XXXA D ACSALKCAKCKCKCAC Table of Contents Background of Robert Nesta Marley 2 Robert Nesta Marley contribution to Caribbean Development 5 Robert Nesta Marley Impacts on world affairs 8 Robert Nesta Marley Weaknesses 12 Reference 13 Background of Robert Nesta Marley Robert Nesta Marley also called Bob Marley was born in Nine Miles‚ St. Ann‚ on February 6‚ 1945‚ to Cedella Malcolm and Captain Norval Marley‚ who was attached to the British Regiment. A child

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    Two causes were the killings of the four policemen and the living conditions of the favela residents. Two consequences of the massacre were an increased sense of mistrust between the police force and the favela residents‚ as well as the rise of Afro Reggae. One cause of the Vigario Geral massacre was the killing of four policemen some time before the massacre. They were killed by local drug lords and it was as a response to these attacks that the police killed twenty one people in retaliation. The

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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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