HOW DO THE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE RESPOND TO OPPRESSION? 2. OPPRESSION Oppression is the experience of repeated‚ widespread‚ systemic injustice. It need not be extreme and involve the legal system (as in slavery‚ apartheid‚ or the lack of right to vote) nor violent (as in tyrannical societies). 3. What Really happened Between 1662 and 1807‚ Britain shipped 3.1 million Africans across the Atlantic ocean in the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were forcibly brought to British owned colonies in the Caribbean
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ever! He was with me when we cried together over the loss of family‚ friends‚ and pets. He was with me when I went through hell with my husband. He was with me when I lost my home. He was with me when the divorce was final and we celebrated at the Reggae Festival. He is my best friend and now my Fiancée. We have yet to consummate this union………..My man is a Vietnam Veteran. He signed up with the Army at the age of eighteen in 1968 while searching for meaning in his life. For eighteen months‚ he was
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called “new jazz”‚ while the mix of samba and jazz became known as bossa nova‚ a music genre featuring hits such as “The Girl from Ipanema.” Even today‚ both styles continue to mix with other music genres‚ such as tango and electronic‚ and samba with reggae‚ showing the compatibility and flexibility of the two. However‚ the two differ greatly‚ in regards to the characteristics of the music. Looking at tempo‚ samba is very lively‚ quick and upbeat‚
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described as “three chords‚ and the truth”- the way it should be. In order to grasp an understanding of where Rock Music came from‚ we must first understand what it is. Today‚ the term “Rock” is used as a blanket term‚ to include alternative styles of reggae‚ metal‚ alternative‚ rock ‘n’ roll‚ and hundreds of other crazy genres and sub-genres. Most agree that rock music‚ in its purest form‚ is a simple‚ unsyncopated type of music grounded in a 4/4 time signature‚ with the most prominent lead instruments
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1. The Reggae Rhythm Electronics Corporation retains a service crew to repair machine breakdowns that occur on an average of 3 per day (approximately Poisson in nature). The crew can service an average of 8 machines per day‚ with a repair time distribution that resembles the exponential distribution. a. What is the utilization rate for this service? b. What is the average downtime for a machine that is broken? c. How many machines are waiting to be serviced at any given time? d. What is
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1.1Summarise the development of the UK popular music recording industry from the 1950’s to the present day. 50’s The 1950’s represent the beginning of the development of the music industry‚ as it is known today. It is from here on that the genre of ‘popular music’ existed and began to dominate the charts. Of course‚ there were acts that existed before the 50’s‚ and made a good name for them selves‚ acts like Bing Crosby‚ but it was in the 50’s that certain artists became household names‚ and
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What types of music do you listen to? Rock‚ country‚ rap‚ pop‚ punk-rock‚ punk-pop‚ jazz‚ reggae…… The types of music go on and on. How do you feel when you listen to music? Does your heart race and your chest fill with air? Does a smile cross your face and your head bob to the beat? Do you feel focused? Many people claim that rock music is Satan’s groove‚ and others that rap causes bad attitudes. A fairly recurring argument seems to be that music‚ particularly tracks with a heavy beat‚ cause violence;
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named Alex. Many of her uncles on the mother’s side of her family were professional jazz musicians. Amy herself was an English singer-songwriter known for her deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B‚ soul‚ jazz‚ and reggae. Before her profession she attended Sylvia Young Theatre School‚ Susi Earnshaw Theatre School‚ BRIT School‚ Ashmole Academy‚ Southgate School. Amy received her first guitar when she was 13 and began writing music a year later. Then she began working
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S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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As early as the developmental stages in the womb of our mothers‚ every person has a reaction to music. The reaction maybe completely different‚ but in some way every single individual exhibits some type of feeling towards the rhythms and the words of the various genres of music among society today. Hip-hop and Neo soul are two genres of music that is often compared to one another but are different. Some people might think of them as a weird group of people. Just a handful of these artists are sometimes
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