Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture Question 1 Candidates were given a map of the Caribbean and asked to identify countries where (a) Chinese indentured labourers worked after emancipation; (b) where large numbers of Indian indentured labourers worked after emancipation; and (c) where Javanese indentured labourers worked after emancipation. Most candidates were able to score at least one or two marks from this question. Part (a) posed the greatest challenge as most candidates were not
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Trinidad and Tobago’s health care industry has become an immense business‚ as seen in the excess of Private and Public hospitals‚ clinics‚ medical centres and health centres established. Since the late 20th Century the island of Trinidad has seen the emergence of private and public hospitals in an attempt to deliver wider services to treat individuals and to become a safe haven for people to get well and live longer lives. Currently in Trinidad there are private hospitals especially along the East/West
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The National motto of Jamaica is “Out of many‚ one people” might well apply as a whole‚ with a slight modification. Let it instead read: out of many one cuisine. For despite the diversity of the Caribbean people and culture that have produced a multitude of cuisines‚ there is an undeniable common thread‚ tractable through history‚ land‚ sea and sun. The local cuisine will provide the backbone to both the classic and unexpected Caribbean experience. Taste seven year old rum from Cuba as the sun
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My name is Masekella Cato also known as Massy. I was born on the 23 of December 1988‚ I am 5 feet 11 inches and I am brown in complexion. I grew up in the capital of Portland Port Antonio‚ in a small inner city community called Stony Hill district in the beautiful island of Jamaica. I attended Titchfield High School where I did six years and graduated with honors. I was also a member of the school soccer team for four of the six years of my attendance at the high school. I now reside in the city
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The West Indian Federation began in the twentieth century. A fedration is an organization within which smaller divisions have some internal independence. The West Indian Federation was one of the first attempts at federation in the Caribbean. This occurred from the year 1958-1962. The West Indies agreed to come together because this was the only way they could prove to Britain that they were ready for their independence. However‚ before they could prove this to Britain the Federation had gone
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A crucial factor in the migration of the Jamestown colony was the discovery of tobacco’s successful growth in the Chesapeake soil. Francis Drake’s heavy load of “jovial weed” procured in the West Indies in 1586‚ popularized it among the upper class and launched an addiction that still continues to this very day. James I denouncing on the effects of smoking failed to stop the smoking craze‚ as he had described it as “loathsome to the eye‚ hateful to the nose‚ harmful to the brain‚ and dangerous to
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TANTI AT DE OVAL BY PAUL KEENS-DOUGLAS Paul Keens-Douglas is a Trinidadian born playwright‚ writer and performer who was born in September of 1492 in San Juan but spent his early childhood in Grenada. One of Paul Keens-Douglas’ stories entitled “Tanti at de Oval” was published in 1992. This story was written to give the readers a colourful illustration of lifestyle in the Caribbean. The story is about the writer’s aunt‚ Tanti Merle and her first visit to the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad to watch
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Introduction In the seventeenth century both in the English and to a lesser extent‚ the French islands‚ a change occurred in the basic cash crop. This change was so quick and widespread that it could only be described as a revolution. The sugar revolution changed the Lesser Antilles completely. It was not just that sugar replaced tobacco as the chief crop: the population changed from white to black‚ the size of landholdings changed‚ and eventually the West Indies became ‘the
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Brandon Abdullah Professor Harris English 1101 Authors of the pioneer period of Caribbean Literature strived to tell their stories to those around the world through their writing. Through their short stories‚ poems‚ and novels‚ they were able to bring their own cultures and ethnicities to readers around the world. Some writers wanted to tell stories about how things were during this period such as Jean Rhys and C.L.R James. Others like Alejo Carpenter told stories of their hometowns
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References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………..11 2 INTRODUCTION Being in existence for over thirty years and with a size of sixty-one hectares (0.61 km)‚ The Beetham Solid Waste Landfill‚ is the largest disposal site‚ in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Due to poor maintenance‚ SWMCOL was given full managerial duties‚ in April‚ 1983‚ of this landfill‚ as a means of ensuring that public health and nearby wildlife habitats were protected. The Beetham Landfill receives an estimation of 738 tonnes of
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