The Caribbean History

During particular time periods whichever product rose to popularity, whether it be cotton, rum, tobacco, or sugar, became the means of buying and selling or trading. Two major products that the people of the “new world” depended on during the early colonial times were tobacco and sugar. Both Virginia and the Caribbean were able to be successful and bloom due to these two major products. Virginia and the Caribbean had many similarities as well as differences on how they changed economically and socially due to tobacco and sugar plantations.

Columbus’s invasion of the Caribbean in 1492 brought Native American and European cultures together for the first time in a startling encounter that reshaped the worldviews of both groups. In The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to understand the ways in which the Spanish worldview shaped Columbus’s perception of the natives of Hispaniola, as he fashioned an other from his own sense of self. In Todorov’s model, the other is defined in terms of its correspondence, or lack thereof, to different facets of the self, including culture, language, physiognomy, religion, and knowledge; furthermore, the other is valued, distanced, and

From the age of 19-20 years old I, Natalie, started visiting, living and working in the UAE in 1998. I Left Abu Dhabi on the 5th September 2007. In December 2007 Eglan and I met in St Lucia. I was to work on a number of projects building government buildings in St Lucia where I met my engineer Husband who was working closely with me.

The Caribbean is a vastly diverse area representing the effects of colonialism, slavery, and the combination of many cultures.

Colleen McElroy uses her poetry to describe her culture and heritage in a very historical manner. McElroy’s poetry is very different from Hughes and Clifton in the sense that she uses so many references to her ancestors culture back in Africa. “My memory floats down a long narrow hall, A calabash of history. Grandpa stood high in Watusi shadows Where effigies of my ancestors are captured in Beatle tunes, And crowns never touch Bantu heads. My past is a slender dancer reflected briefly Like a leopard in fingers of fire. The future Dahomey is a house of 16 doors, the totem of Burundi counts 17 warriors-- In reverse generations. While I cling to one stray Seminole. My thoughts grow thin in the urge to travel beyond Grandma’s tale. Of why cat fur id for kitten britches; Past the wrought iron rail of first stairs In baby white shoes, To Ashanti mysteries and rituals.” The use of African language and the names of tribes paint a geographical image that readers can begin to follow. Heritage is more than following the lineage of a people, the land in which they live is equally as involved. This ethnic and topographical following of these people gives her Clifton’s poetry the breath

As I mentioned, the only places outside the United States I have traveled are Caribbean islands. I, As a result, I have seen the quality of engineering in these places. Whether it comes from a lack of funding, skill, or knowledge these places are in desperate need of strong engineering; especially now. Recent hurricanes have unfortunately caused widespread destruction, displacement, injury, and death. It was hard for me to put these disasters into perspective. On TV, I see spots that I have taken family pictures, and places I ate lunch in ruin. My girlfriend’s family lives in Puerto Rico and they were unable to contact any of their family members for days after Hurricane Maria hit. So, if given the chance, I would love to go to these Caribbean

The history of Caribbean music is directly correlated to the history of the Caribbean itself. That islands were invaded by outsiders whom inflicted violence, slavery, and genocide. It comes as a surprise that Caribbean music is aimable despite this formative background. Blame it on Christopher Columbus, the first European to land in this region in 1492. Based on Columbus's voyage, Spain claimed the entire region as its own. This displeased natives or Spain's European neighbors; within a few years, bloody battles raged across the islands of the Caribbean, fought by Spain, France, England, Denmark, and the Netherlands. All these battles, and diseases brought from Europe, decimated the native tribes knocking out entire cultures. Thus the Caribbean was colonized as part of the various European empires. the native culture was further eroded when the Europeans imported African slaves to work the sugar and coffee plantations on their island colonies. In multiple cases, the native cultures, and the native musics, were replaced with those brought over from Africa.

Throughout Latin America, Elites in the Hispanic Caribbean have created nationalist-cultural myths to maintain their political supremacy and reproduce their racial views. These color -blind myths imply racial harmony in their racially mixed societies, while Afro-Caribbean elements, and maintaining unofficial forms of racial prejudice toward the darker members of society. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and The Dominican are depicted as light-skinned, Hispanic peasants; as regional icons projected into national myths. The Dominican Republic as an example, shares the small Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, has these issues as a major part. Thus, relations between these two countries have historically been tense with misunderstandings.

As far as I can recall my existing knowledge from kindergarten to high school, Columbus has always been described as a heroic figure who overcame countless obstacles fearlessly and finally found the “New World.” For a long time, there were numerous authors, poets, and painters praising Columbus’s legendary journey and his extraordinary contribution to mankind. However, after reading “The Discovery of the Bahamas,” the sailing logs written by Columbus, I figured that Columbus may not be such a man who is worthy of all the praises. There are two literary works related to the subjects. The painting, “Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain,” was created in 1884 by Václav Brožík, and depicts Columbus requesting, from Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand and groups of courtiers, funding for additional voyages. The poem, “Prayer of Columbus,” written by Walt Whitman in 1874, expresses Columbus’s praise of God for all his achievements, believing that God would still be on his side even though he had been through all the sufferings. While Brožík’s painting creates imagery, directly expressing Columbus’s ambition by his posture, and implied Spaniards’ eagerness of power and building empires with the reactions of Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand V and a gathering of courtiers, Whitman employs repetition and religious iconography to create a sharp contrast between Columbus’s fearless, unconquerable mind in his early life and his helplessness at the end of his last voyage.

(Group Tainos) The cacique was the head of the Tainos society. The cacique was a hereditary title which passed down from father to son. Generally speaking, the Tainos practised monogamy. However, the cacique was allowed to practise polygamy (this was to increase his chances of having a heir).

Omeros is an epic poem that tries to depict the lives of the people of St. Lucia during the post-colonial period. The main protagonists in this poem are: Helen; Achille; Hector; Mr. Plunkett; and Maud. Both Achille and Hector are fishermen who are struggling to win the affection of Helen, who is described as one of the most beautiful women in the island. Mr. Plunkett a British war veteran who decides to settle on the island. Maud is Mr. Plunkett’s wife. Helen’s beauty has no limits and attracts even Mr. Plunkett, who starts being distant from his wife. At the beginning of the poem Helen is intimately involved with Achille (Walcott 87). However, she later abandons Achille for Hector. However, Helen leaves Hector’s house after she discovers that she is pregnant. When Achille goes to

Columbus discovered Jamaica on May 5, 1494, one year after he heard of the existence of the island. However, the true history of Jamaica begins with the African-Jamaican people who came to the island twenty years after the English took control from the Spaniards. The history of Jamaica can be broken up into different time periods, which were defined by watershed moments or events. Jamaican history begins with the establishment of the native islanders called the Tainos who inhabited the island for hundreds of years before the discoveries of Columbus. (JNHT 1)

Just before 5pm on January 12, 2010, a fierce earthquake struck Haiti. It was the worst earthquake to hit the region in two hundred years. The death toll was over two hundred thousand people. Haiti resides in the area of responsibility (AOR) of SOUTHCOM, the Department of Defense’s geographic combatant command for the South American and Caribbean region. Since the natural disaster took place in SOUTHCOM’s AOR, the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) appointed SOUTHCOM as the DOD’s lead agency. Although initial SOUTHCOM organization was not ideal and the earthquake rendered communications inoperable, SOUTHCOM 's response to the crisis was astonishing because SOUTHCOM organized a force of twenty-two

The evolution of Caribbean Literature started centuries before the Europeans graced these shores and continues to develop today. Quite noticeably, it developed in a manner which transcended all language barriers and cultures. Today the languages of the Caribbean are rooted in that of the colonial powers - France, Britain, Spain and Holland - whose historical encounters are quite evident throughout the region. The cosmopolitan nature of the region's language and cultural diversity develop from the mixture of European languages with Native American languages (mainly the Caribs and Arawaks) in the formation of creoles and local patois (hybrid languages) and those of Africans brought to the Caribbean as

Dating back to approximately 4000 BC there was evidence that there were persons living in the Caribbean in islands such as Trinidad, Antigua, Hispaniola and Cuba. There were many indigenous people inhabiting the lands of the Caribbean however they all weren’t considered civilizations as they did not display all the characteristics of a civilization such as the group informally called Ciboneys. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary a civilization a relatively high level of cultural and technological development; specifically: the stage of cultural development at which writing and the keeping of written records is attained or the culture characteristic of a particular time or place. For a group to be considered a civilization they must have a religion, written language, technology, art and architecture, politics, social stratification and job specification. Hence out of all the inhibitors there were only two civilizations within the Caribbean before the arrival of the Europeans.