The Importance Of A Friend Of Mine

The official language of Jamaica is English, but those who stay in rural areas speak patois. Patois is a creole dialect with West African, Spanish, and French elements. The language today reflects the history of the country and its interaction with diverse mixture of cultures from many ethnic, and social backgrounds. The local language is a reflection of a history of contact with variety of speakers, but the official language remains to be standard English (Pryce, 1997). However many Jamaicans

Burton (2015) in her Journal, ‘Globalisation and Cultural Identity in Caribbean Society: The Jamaican Case,’ however points out that Jamaica has a unique culture and this has shaped how that countries adapts to the effects of colonialism and even globalisation.

Close friends often have a major impact on the choices that people make. A close

Antigua is a beautiful island in the Caribbean that got its name from Christopher Columbus in 1493 when he first visited the small 108 square mile island (Niddrie). Antigua was later colonized by England in 1632, and won its independence in 1981 (Niddrie). Antigua was originally a country that was planned as a slave-breeding colony, but never became one; the slaves who were imported came to live self-reliantly in their own community (Niddrie). After, Antigua gained its independence; it established a constitutional monarchy, where the British monarch is still head of state, represented by a governor general (Niddrie). Sadly, Antigua is an impoverished country that has a history of being a victim of British imperialism, government corruption, and tourism (Kincaid). Kincaid informs her audience

The people who live in Jamaica also vary from the people of the United States greatly. Jamaica is approximately 90.9 percent African, while, on the other hand, in the United States Africans are considered a minority only making up roughly 12 percent of all people in the United States. Even though, the official language of Jamaica, and the language taught in their schools, is English, matching the language of the United States, the vast majority of Jamaicans speak Patois in their everyday life. “Patois is an English-based Creole language with West African influences. The pronunciation and vocabulary of Jamaican Patois are significantly different from English, despite heavy use of English words or derivatives. Jamaican Patois displays similarities to the Pidgin and Creole languages of West Africa, due to their common descent from the blending of African substrate languages with European languages” (Jamaican Patois). Patois is as well the language used in nearly all popular local music in Jamaica. Additionally our tour

My diversity experience began on November 12, 2016 in Wilmington, North Carolina at the Jamaica’s Comfort Zone restaurant. I chose this experience because I feel I need to learn more about Jamaica, Jamaicans and their culture. Also, because there appears to be a large number of Jamaicans residing in various parts of the United States, particularly in New York, Florida, and Georgia (Atlanta). Prior to searching for an authentic Jamaican restaurant, I decided that I needed to do some research regarding the culture of Jamaica; and, as a result of my research, I discovered that the culture of Jamaica is quite interesting to learn about. In fact, Jamaica is a mountainous Caribbean island just south of Cuba (see Figure 1) with a population of approximately

Antigua is not England, and hence becomes a non-place. Its failure to become England marks its failure to have any identity whatsoever. What was not England, according to Kincaid, was destroyed in the process of colonization, leaving behind a vacant, peripheral space that could be defined as “not-England” but not as a place with its own political or social distinctive-ness, cultural history, or position of cultural centrality (McLeod, Corinna, 2008). Kincaid’s used language as a rhetorical

1,165 miles south of Atlanta, lies a fairly small island in the Caribbean Sea named Jamaica. This country is no bigger than the state of Rhode Island, yet holds its own unique culture. My mother and grandmother migrated to America about twenty years ago. About ten years ago my Grandmother and Uncle started a Jamaican shop, “Caribbean Connection” that sold an array of Caribbean goods and cooked a good selection of Jamaican dishes. This shop is my family’s way of preserving our culture. I don’t actually recall learning my family’s native language, which they call Patios, or otherwise known as Broken English or Creole English. Certain things such as religion, mannerism, our language, our food and our customs are very important to my family and

Let me tell you why, Barbados is an eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation, Also Barbados is an island nation surrounded completely by the Atlantic Ocean. It belongs to the Lesser Antilles which is a group of islands in North America, and Bussa's Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the Barbadian history.

In this Essay Jamaica Kincaid explains her experience on visiting England for the first time. The focus was to be able to explain how the statues and the manifestation of the colonizers culture influenced hers as a child growing up in Antigua an island in the Caribbean once before a British Colony until 1967, and then finally becoming an independent nation within Commonwealth in1981.

Jamaica is a very beautiful country with their amazing sand beaches and magnificent mountains. Jamaica’s culture as a whole is very diverse but everyone is nice. The food in Jamaica is very good and has many different styles. The islands cuisine has adapted from many different cultures such as, Britain, India, Spain and many more. Jamaica has a every deep history, the movie Pirates of the Caribbean is actually based in Jamaica. The port that they are at in the movie (Port Royal) is a actual place, and the port it self has a history of actual pirates too. In all Jamaica is a beautiful country and has very interesting history and culture.

Barbados is a small, independent country with a population of about 252,000 people, located in the Caribbean Sea, and is the most easterly island of the West Indies.

A example of this experience is the food. The dish of Barbados is called Cou-Cou, the dish is described like creamy grits. Barbados another interesting aspect of Barbados culture is the architecture. In a source about Barbados culture it says “ The architecture of Barbados is a blend of West African and British cultures.”. Another aspect of Barbados Culture is the sports. There are two popular sports which is cricket and road tennis.

connection to her ancestral homeland of Barbados. Both places are central to her self-identity, for

Culture can be defined as the way of the life of a people, with regards to both the material and non-material aspects. However, as a result of a developing and maturing society, in addition to the birth of various generations and external influences, these “ways of life” can be inadvertently retained, renewed and even discarded. Our own Caribbean society, specifically Barbados is not exempt from such occurrences.