Subject: Garifuna Culture of Central America Garifuna Culture of Central America The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib‚ Arawak and West African people. The British colonial administration used the term Black Carib and Garinagu to distinguish them fromYellow and Red Carib‚ the Amerindian population that did not intermarry with Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America. They live along the Caribbean Coast inBelize‚ Guatemala‚ Nicaragua and Honduras including the mainland
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the case of the Garifuna can be traced all the way back to the 16th and 17th century after their exile to the island of Roatán. Trade had been established as a form of survival. According to Christopher Taylor’s The Black Carib Wars‚ the British “intended that the Black Caribs should build on Roatán a settlement based on agriculture supplemented by fishing and hunting (147)”. During their first years of settlement on the island‚ the Garifuna were forced to adjust to not only a new landscape‚ but
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Christopher Columbus had a huge impact on the American indigenous‚ mainly the Taino‚ culture‚ population‚ and way of life when he made the first colony in America in 1494 on Hispaniola. Before the first contact between the indigenous people of America and the Europeans‚ the Taino had flourishing and thriving communities throughout Haiti‚ Dominican Republic‚ Jamaica‚ eastern Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Virgin Islands‚ the Bahamas. These communities had crops such as yucca‚ sweet potatoes‚ maize‚ and beans
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I Chapter – Geography and Sociolinguistic characteristic of the Caribbean. According to Baptiste (1995) the thing which is very important and helpful in understanding the Caribbean English and where that language comes from is studying the history‚ geography and sociolinguistics of the Caribbean. Humanities‚ social science and natural science need to be taken into account to know what varieties of English are spoken in Caribbean‚ how this language developed and what kind of connection has the
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sank in 1635 near the island of St. Vincent. The survivors who made it to the shore shared food and huts with the indigenous population of Arawak-Caribs. Due to the Arawakan-Carib syncretism with‚ Carib dominance‚ who invaded St. Vincent and exterminated all Arawak men‚ the descendants of the Africans were taught different languages. The boys were taught Carib and the girls Arawakan. This resulted in a mixed language communication among the african descendants. Unlike other former slaves around the Carribean
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“Meditation on Yellow” and “Stowaway”. Senior in an interview with Kwame Dawes entitled “Talk Yuh Talk” admits that she has been haunted by the absence of the Tainos and was always unsatisfied with the image of the Tainos being a simplistic group of people that existed before Columbus’ arrival and then they suddenly became extinct. Her interest in the Tainos is evident in her poems “Meditation on Yellow” and “Seeing the Light” where she sows seeds of discourse to the colonial notions that the Europeans achieved
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absolutely ruined Native American culture forever. Due to the discovery of the Americas‚ the Tainos were overcome by severe disease. The Spanish having immune blood cells making it easier to shake off their sickness‚ but the natives did not. Disease was the worst component for the natives. (According to an article Christopher Columbus‚ Hero and Villain) “”With no resistance to European ailments‚ the Taino succumbed to smallpox and typhoid in droves. Numbers had dropped from 400‚000 to a few hundred
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ST. LUCIAS FOLK CULTURE AND THE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION By Travis Weekes My main motivation for researching the contents of this paper stems from my curiosity about the origin and development of some of St. Lucias most vibrant and persistent cultural forms. Forms which I believe have been and are still very instrumental in the shaping of the St. Lucian person forms such as the bele‚ the konte‚ the abwe‚ the flower festivals of La Rose and La Maguerite and of course the language Kweyol‚ which
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EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR MIGRATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO JAMAICA AND THE WIDER CARIBBEAN * Before the rennasnce while eroupe was in great turmoil * A nation would rise from Europe * Its people strong and ambitious to gain more power and make their nation richer * They conquered an united with other European states * But Europe seemed to be too small of a country for ther people of higher standards and information * So they went out to coquor the world in the name of god and
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Thesis Since the arrival of the Europeans in 1492 the Native American has systematically been dehumanized‚ decivilized and redefined into terms that typify a subordinate or minority role‚ restricted life opportunities persist today as a result. I. Introduction-Majority/Minority group relations- the role of power II. Historical Overview A. Native American life before contact with the White man. B. Early contact‚ efforts at peaceful co-existence. C. Conflict and its consequences for Native Americans
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