Caribbean culture

Predictors of Black Caribbean Immigrants’ Engagement with African American Culture." Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 19.4 (2013): 414-423. PsycARTICLES. Web. 4 Aug. 2015. In this particular article the authors were speaking of the Black-Caribbean Immigrants and their perspective on synchronizing with Black-Americans. According to the article Black-Caribbean Immigrants does synchronized with Black-Americans when it’s merely beneficial. Although, Black-Caribbean acknowledge the similarity

Pre-Columbian Arawaks, Caribs, Europeans, Africans, Chinese, Asian Indian, and others, all of these cultures combined and makeup Caribbean cuisine. The Arawaks are known for their barbecue style food. As for the Caribs they introduced chilies and other species to island cooking. Europeans include Dutch, English, French, and Spanish, they all brought cooking methods and ingredients like garlic, onion, orange, chicken, coconut, pig and rice to the table. Africans from the 17th to the mid 18th century

The U.S. Slave Trade The United States Slave Trade, also known as the Atlantic Slave Trade, was the forced migration of Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean. These Africans were used as helping hands for agricultural fields that, most of the time, bore cotton, tobacco, and/or sugarcane. The harvesting of these crops were labor-intensive and required a huge amount of hard work. The Growth in Slave Arrivals to the U.S. About 1,500 Africans were enslaved in the British thirteen colonies by the

The Caribbean islands are among the top destination choices, particularly for those living in North America. It's relatively close proximity to Canada and the United States, along with its glorious year-round weather, makes it the perfect vacation spot for solo travellers and families alike. There has been a big push recently by tourism officials to promote the entire region as one single destination. There are at least 28 island nations in the Caribbean and more than 7,000 individual islands scattered

Cuba is the largest and most populous island in the Caribbean Sea. It is located in the Western Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean is to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. The island lies almost south of the Tropic of Cancer at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico. The province of Pinar del Río is about 120 miles northeast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula while Havana is around 100 miles south of Key West Florida, 48 miles west of Haiti and 87 miles north of Jamaica. Santiago de Cuba is located

Jamaica Kincaid, an essayist, explains the idea that history of the Caribbean (specifically Antigua), helps shape identity through her book, “A Small Place”. In regards the history, Kincaid also discloses how capitalism and colonialism are used as a foundation in shaping our epistemological ways of knowing the self and the world around us. In this essay, Kincaid uses tourism as a way of viewing the effects of capitalism and colonialism. She disliked tourist and through her accounts, there is tension

Applied Therory:7 Anthropology is the study of society and cultures, when used by historians it can allow that historical narratives to grow. Historians can use anthropology to better explore 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

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

Identity of Cuba The Caribbean is a diverse region with a unique history. The progress and advancement of each island complied with the European country in control of it at the time. The Caribbean was conquered and colonized soon after Columbus’ discovery in 1492. A similar aspect of the heterogeneous region has been its plantations. The plantations were an important aspect of the cultural history of the Caribbean. Mintz believed that the plantations tied the colonies in the Caribbean to the European

2014 The Caribbean presents an unrealistic facade to outsiders; this region is the vacation hot spot with many beautiful tropical islands, perpetual sun, and clear waters – a place to rid yourself of all worries, and unwind. But there are many underlying issues in this region that most people are unaware of. In The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, written by Stewart Brown and John Wickham, there are many depictions of the difficulties that people experience in the Caribbean. A common