Caribbean Community

Slavery has taken many forms throughout history and still exists in a few forms to the day. The Caribbean has had a painful history regarding the slavery of two cultures. The slavery of the region ultimately led to racism against africans and to the industrial revolution. Communities of the Caribbean have been haunted by their history of slavery and colonialism which fueled colonial European capitalism. The impact that the plantation system had on the region has left a lasting scar on underdeveloped

Caribbean Literature INTRODUCTION 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

Kha Tran Quiz: Latin America Intro 1. Caribbean music has truly become world music and, in its own way, world history, as well”. The author states that because Caribbean music serves as a link between different music background in the world. It is blended between indigenous Caribbean, Afro American, European and Indian. Likewise, beside the Trinidad calypso, the reggae and the dancehall deejay, the Caribbean music plays a main role in the worldwide music and had dominance impacts on many other cultures

Many people were taken from Africa to be shipped to the Caribbean. On average, only 40 percent of the people captured in Africa made it to the Caribbean. The others either died shortly after being captured or on the ships sailing to the Americas. Some were even left behind in Africa to be slaves. The number of people removed from Africa was often equivalent to the estimated annual population growth. Additionally, the youth were the most valuable group of people to be captured. As a result of this

The United States dominates or largest investor, followed by Canada and Spain. These are the following top business investment: a.1. Tourism: Served by eight international airports and has the most flights from most countries in the Caribbean the Dominican Republic roads and expressways make it easy to travel to all three coasts of the country, the north, east and south. Other pluses for achieving business in the country comprise its abundant work force, including both highly skilled

will do whatever it takes in order to achieve freedom. One of the earliest forms of this occurrence was the emergence of “Maroon Communities.” In which as early as the 1650s, African refugees escaped from slavery in the Americas and formed independent settlements. “Maroon” has a similar etymology in the Spanish word cimarrón, signifying "wild" or "untamed." Maroon communities had to be inaccessible and located in inhospitable environments in order to be sustainable. They established little groups in

municipal city property values will increase, hence the amount of property tax collected by the Portmore municipal council will also increase. This increase however, is not a guarantee that the tax collection will be sufficient in the maintenance of the community due to the rising cost of goods and services. Hence continuous voluntary compliance is essential and important as it most efficient for both the tax payer and the tax authorities. This section gives the hypothesis or research perspectives, the design

As communities began to develop a sense of tradition it had become integrated with religion and culture that was brought by Jews and Islamic from other larger societies. [P2 ] The first African Diasporic stream 100,000 years ago and the survival from waves of enslavement / migration. For much of the nineteenth and twentieth century had strong political fragmentation between slaves and freed Africans. This would devastate whole African communities and set the stage of internal wars and ethnic conflicts

For the first ten years of colonization, Hispaniola was the only colony in the Caribbean where the Spanish settled. In the 16thcentury, Hispaniola was the centre of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean. It was known as the Pearl of the Caribbean. Just like in the other colonies, the Tainos thought that the Spaniards were gods and welcomed them into their villages. Columbus believed that Hispaniola had gold and forced the Tainos to work in the mines. Columbus also made the Tainos pay the Spanish

Abstract: The themes and issues discussed in Post-colonial poetry are much the same as in fiction. After the withdrawal of colonialism the Caribbean islands were fragmented as they had no unified history or identity. Walcott, as a Caribbean poet, created a great poetry that highlighted the themes of memory, displacement, loss of history, exile, brutality and tried to celebrate the rejected or little known aspects. Walcott as a poet represented through his poetic forms the unfortunate encounters of