Although being Garifuna is what I was mostly raised to be‚ I yearned to find what fully makes up my identity. Garifuna people have their own way of life and a very distinct style like no other . My dad‚ currently president of San Jose de la Punta‚ says “ Ser Garífuna es comer machuca‚ hablar Garifuna (para los jovenes‚ enetender el idoma aunque un poquito)‚ y bailar punta.” (translation: Being Garifuna is eating machuca‚ speaking Garifuna (for the young people understanding the language even if it’s
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Maiz The word maize derives from the Spanish form of the indigenous Taíno word for the plant‚ maiz. It is known by other names around the world. Corn outside North America‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand means any cereal crop‚ its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the local staple.In the United StatesCanada Australia‚ and New Zealand‚[citation needed] corn primarily means maize; this usage started as a shortening of "Indian corn". "Indian corn" primarily means maize (the staple
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Mixed Race America The works of Child of the America’s by Aurora Levins Morales and What It’s Like to be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t) by Patricia Smith was because of the direct contrast of the statements “I am whole” in Morales poem verses “…and feeling like you’re not finished” in Smith’s poem. Both statements in these poems are strong‚ stating a completion of a human soul and both poems are in agreement that race is a part of the completion to the human soul. Levins Morales’
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of the positive and negatives of this subject matter. The first set of indentured laborers was poor whites‚ convicts and farmers‚ who were brought from Britain and France and were forced to sign the contracts. European enslavers who did not have Tainos and Kalinagos used white indentured laborers (Beckles Hilary McD.‚ 2004) (Advantages and Disadvantages of Indentured Labour in the Caribbean‚ 2013). This research will focus on the British Caribbean indentures and planters and the positive and negative
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different story with the germs the Europeans brought with them. The germs that people of the Old World had grown resistant to were now introduced to over 1 million people. Within 50 years of their arrival‚ the smallpox disease killed about 800‚000 Taino natives in Hispaniola. Not only did it affect this group‚ but also within centuries of Columbus’s arrival almost 90 percent of the Indian population perished from Old World disease. A few years later in the 1500s‚ Spain became dominant in their colonizing
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Running head: Race and Ethnicity Race and Ethnicity: Diversity in Literature What Its Like to Be a Black Girl and Child of the Americas By Pam Parker Course: Date: Instructor: Race and Ethnicity: Diversity in Literature Literature gives writers of all creeds the vehicle to express themselves in numerous ways – love‚ hate‚ fear‚ sadness‚ and hope. Writers give their interpretations of life through verse and bring
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The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease‚ Food‚ and Ideas By: Daniela Espana  The Columbian exchange refers to the exchange of diseases‚ ideas‚ food crops‚ and populations between The Old World and The New World‚ following the voyage to The Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1942. The Old World by which I mean not just Europe‚ but the entire Eastern Hemisphere gained from the Columbian Exchange in a number of ways. Discoveries of new supplies of metals are perhaps the best
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Discuss the contributions of the various ethnic groups to Caribbean society The history of the Caribbean is rich with adventurous tales‚ blended cultures‚ and natural diversity. The impact of colonialism and slavery can still be seen in many of the island cultures today; so much so‚ in fact‚ that travellers often note a sense of living with the near-tangible history that permeates the region. Knowing the history of the Caribbean region goes a long way toward understanding
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 1.0 Sours……………………..……………………………………..……………..4 2.0 Old-Fashioneds…………………………………………………………..…...5 3.0 Highballs…………………...…………………………………………………….6 4.0 Manhattans……………………………………………………………………….7 5.0 Sangarees……………………………………………….…..…….……8 6.0 Margaritas…………………………………………..……………………..9 7.0 Coladas……………………..………………………………………10 8.0 Fizzes………………………………………………………………………11 9.0 Cobblers………………………………………………………………………12
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An Ethnographer ’s View of the Haitian Culture Haiti‚ a name that means "mountainous country‚" comes from the language of the Taino Indians who inhabited the island before European colonization. After independence in 1804‚ the name was taken by the military generals‚ many of them former slaves‚ who expelled the French and took possession of the colony then known as Saint Domingue. In 2000‚ 95 percent of the population was of African descent‚ and the remaining 5 percent mulatto and white. Some
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