Caribbean Community

The Caribbean’s Cultural History Columbus’ discovery in 1492 set off a chain of events in the emergence of the Caribbean society, as Knight states in his book The Caribbean. "The first voyage of Columbus in 1492 fortuitously discovered a whole new world and set in motion a chain of events whose profound consequences gave new directions to the histories of Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. It was the voyages of Columbus and those who followed him that brought the Americas into the consciousness

selfless voluntary service. Bertram has been serving his community for over 30 years now in an unassuming, conscientious, methodically and appreciative manner. He also portrays the characteristics and qualities that are admired in our community. He goes out of her way to help people in need by organizing charity activities often at his own expense. Also, his willingness to take on difficult projects like assisting our own St Lucia Community Healthcare & Ambulance Project to achieve its aims of kitting

and people from all over Broward and Miami-Dade County, gather at Runway Doral to represent their beautiful Caribbean nationalities. As I dance to the soca music and sing along to Popcaan’s “World Cup”, I always find myself appreciating my culture more than ever before. With my hands in the air, and my mind far from reality, I begin to realize that this is where I belong---this is my community. Everyone has the ability to decide where their puzzle piece fits in this idea of a big picture. No matter

The Neighbourhood of Eglinton West Toronto also known as “Little Jamaica” Begining in1958 the area of Eglinton West was settled by many immigrants from the Caribbean with a large percentage of Jamaicans residents. The 1970s and 80s brought a large wave of Caribbean people to Toronto this created a thriving and vibrant community in Eglinton West. Jamaicans imported their culture such as reggae music and opened music shops, labels, studios and clubs in the area. Little Jamaica is actually the second

cultural and social trends as well as deeply explore a certain community in great detail, exploring certain events that may be unique to that community along with its myths and folklore or is the community a part of a larger trend. A historian trying to write a micro history many explore the province of Limon. The province of Limon has many banana plantations that have attracted not only workers from Nicaragua and blacks from around the Caribbean. In during a micro history one could choose a plantation

The Institution of Slave Trade The institution of slave trade and the actual experiences of slavery that occurred in the Caribbean were to form a monumental part of that region's culture, society, and everyday interactions, both in the past and in the present. The culture that is present today in the Caribbean is the result of many different influences varying from those introduced by ruling colonial countries, to influences that the slaves stressed, and even from brand new colonies being developed

wherever they landed in the Caribbean. These maroon societies would later act as sanctuaries for escaped slaves throughout the Caribbean. In Antigua, one prominent maroon society was located around the summit of Antigua’s extinct volcano, Boggy Peak now known as Mount Obama (Dash). Maroon societies allowed groups of escaped slaves and their descendants to maintain a free community in close proximity of society, but independent of European influence. “Maroon communities developed their own distinctive

The Caribbean rival colonies caused major disruption in trade and more illegal activities were spreading across the new land. The exportation of treasured metals previously deviated from Peru to Mexico causing the connection between the metropolis and the colonies to disintegrate. There were two types of societies that existed, the Maroons and the Buccaneers. The first type was made up of struggling settlers that had violent tendencies, plantiers, exasperated officials, slaves, and free persons of

In a perfect world, the Caribbean is like a quilt that has been stitched together by a mother or grandmother. It eventually comes together to form a unique blanket that incorporates a multi-dimensional group of different pieces of colors and sizes in its final product. The maternal aspect of the quilt, represents the Euro-colonial influence that was responsible for the colonialization of the Caribbean region. All patches have their own unique shape and design, and eventually come together to make

Williams, A S. Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation., 2007. A.S Williams, Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation London 1945 speaks of his experience in Africa. He is the heir to the largest tribe of Bechuanaland (later Botswana). He returns from Britain with an Englishwoman Ruth Williams. They both have to face the horrible rules and laws of colonial power that tries to prevent their marriage. In the book Serets encourages Africans to record their history for