made its presence known as did disco and R&B from the United States. Musical fusions were bound to happen. As a result‚ the 1970s gave birth to a more up tempo‚ less socially conscious version of calypso called soca. While Calypso is the voice of social conscience‚ soca is party music. Rapso‚ with its calypso style lyrics and rhythms influenced by American Hip-Hop has
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CARIBBEAN STUDIES MODULE TWO: ISSUES IN CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT TOPIC: THE INTEGRATION MOVEMENT 1. The evolution of: Federation‚ CARIFTA‚ CARICOM‚ OECS‚ ACS 2. The achievements and challenges of any THREE of the following: * Caribbean Community (Caricom) * University of the West Indies (UWI) * Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) * West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) * Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) * Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) * Regional Security
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The Caribbean region is located in the tropics and spans a broad arc of over 4000km from the Bahamas in the North to Guyana and Suriname in the south. There are thousands of islands and they vary in size and stretch and altogether they span an area from longitude 59 degrees west to 85 degrees west and range roughly from latitude 10 degrees north to latitude 25 degrees north. The islands all lie within an entirely salubrious environment‚ conducive to the growth of population and development of
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1. Introduction Many things have shaped the history of the Caribbean islands‚ decolonization‚ economic modernization and the globalization of tourism. When most of the islands became independent from foreign rule they needed to build up a working economy. Some of the bigger more resource rich island nations started to produce and export goods but many of the smaller island states did not have this opportunity. When tourism started to grow‚ both types of islands benefitted a lot from it‚ but it
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How did the African slavery impact the Caribbean region between1640-1985? Introduction When the Europeans switched from tobacco to sugar cultivation‚ the plantation needed more lands and more labour. The labour present came from the Tainos‚ whose population decreased from abuse‚ and could not meet the labour demands. The Europeans brought free labourers from Europe‚ but they could not be forced to work under the conditions demanded by the encomenderos. The church suggested the use of enslaving
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anxious to expand and become rich. Realising that her monopoly was in danger she set out ‘to nip in the bud’ the plans of the other Europeans. Some methods she put in place or referred to were: Papal Edict & The Treaty of Tordesillas The Caribbean also referred to as the New World was ‘discovered’ by Spain in 1492 on Christopher Columbus’ first voyages from Spain. Immediately after his return Spain professed that this entire area was theirs‚ however it became effective in 1493 when Pope Alexander
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consider the Caribbean to be an ideal vacationer’s destination. With its warm climate‚ beautiful beaches‚ plentiful and unique wildlife ecosystems‚ diverse background and plentiful luxury resorts. But if you step away from this‚ a very different reality is uncovered. Sugar cane and plantation ruins serve as reminders of a much darker history. In the following essay‚ I will be examining the European colonization of the Caribbean‚ along with the factors that were present in the Caribbean which played
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Topic: The Caribbean language situation. The Caribbean language situation is rather multifaceted thus there is a lot of controversy surrounding it. This topic in the course is an interesting one because it has enriched my understanding of what the language situation is in Jamaica and other neighbouring islands as well as its impact on education. According to Kathryn Shields (1989)‚ two ways in which Standard English in Jamaica is defined are through the traditional metropolitan norms and the
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CXC CARIBBEAN HISTORY SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT 2013 Candidate’s name: Tazmine Reid-Jones Candidate number: School: Centre number: Territory: Teacher’s name: Title: To what extent has the Transatlantic Slave Trade Impacted on West Africa and what are the experiences of its victims? TABLE OF CONTENT Acknowledgement Introduction Research Questions Rationale What factors led to the Transatlantic Trade? How was the trade organized? How were the slaves treated aboard
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Name: N. Ricketts Topic: Newer Industries Caribbean economies from their earliest periods of colonization were essentially agrarian based (during slavery). Economical activities included livestock farming and small farming done by the peasants. There were also trading and commerce which included the establishment of shops‚ inns and taverns. Large plantations were worked by a mass of slaves with the premier crop being Sugar Cane. When the colonizers first came to the West Indies they mainly grew
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