The Dominican gastronomy presents characteristics of a very diverse background of European‚ and south Asian (most people don’t know this fact) origin but developed in Caribbean with African influences. That is why it is similar to that of Latin-speaking countries that surround the Caribbean Sea‚ although with slight variations developed in each region. It has received influence from other peoples and cultures‚ as is the case of immigrants from the Lesser Antilles ("choclos")‚ who use coconut in many
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MODULE 2: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY The West Indies coincides with the following territories of the Commonwealth Caribbean: Jamaica‚ Trinidad‚ Tobago‚ Guyana‚ Barbados‚ Grenada‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent‚ Dominica‚ Antigua‚ St. Kitts‚ Nevis‚ Anguilla and Montserrat. (a) Differentiation between ‘language’ (generic) and ‘a language’ (individual). Language is an ability which every normal human being has and it allows him not only to communicate with other human beings but also with himself
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In the period from 1500 to 1830‚ racial stereotypes were prominent in the regions of Latin America/Caribbean and North America and they had a tremendous effect on society‚ especially societies with multiple ethnicities. The racial ideologies of these regions can be seen through the treatment of native peoples and the treatment of slaves. However‚ because of the strong influence of differing European nations‚and their differing standards‚ contrasting societal effects can be seen. When the Europeans
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about‚ all the time! It is similar in Nichols portrayal of the Caribbean‚ everyone thinks‚ even me‚ that the Caribbean is a wonderful place of joy‚ of comfort‚ of relaxation‚ but really and truly‚ according to Grace Nichols‚ it is a place of death and discomfort‚ a place to worry‚ the place to be nervous‚ ‘These islands not picture postcards’‚ surely that is suggesting towards the fact that unless you’ve really experienced the Caribbean‚ you don’t know what is hiding within the heart of the islands
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origins of Negritude can be traced to the various forms of cultural expression in the French Caribbean that find their roots in the African continent‚ practices that were transmogrified by the experience of the Middle Passage and slavery. Like the North American spirituals first championed in The Souls of Black Folk‚ by W. E. B. Du Bois‚ a variety of arts and practices served as refuges for Afro-Caribbean pride and African culture: the dances called calenda‚ bamboula‚ and laghia; the drumming and
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amounts of weath in the new world. Slavery was important to the northern colonies for many economic reasons. The north was a huge supplier of goods and tools to the west indies. New England land owners thrived off of the trade of sugar from the Caribbean to make molasses and rum. The northern colonies supplied many ships to transport livestock and horses to the west indies for plantation owners and supplied these plantations with slaves making the northern economy completely reliant on slave trade
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THE MAYAN’S HISTORY AND CULTURE The Maya refer to both a modern-day people who can be found all over the world as well as their ancestors who built an ancient civilization that stretched throughout much of Central America‚ one that reached its peak during the first millennium A.D. The Maya civilization was never unified; rather‚ it consisted of numerous small states‚ ruled by kings‚ each apparently centred on a city. Sometimes‚ a stronger Maya state would dominate a weaker state and be
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CARIBBEAN HISTORY THE SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT The CSEC history School-Based Assessment (SBA) is a research paper which accounts for 40% of your final mark. It offers an ideal opportunity for you to work on a research paper at home and get as high a mark as possible‚ prior to entering the examination room. The SBA allows you to develop those skills that are critical to the study of history while working on a topic in which you are interested. It gives you a chance to research a topic of your choice
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Rodney‚ Walter. A History of the Guyanese Working People‚ 1881–1905 ‚ 1981. Seecharan‚ Clem. "Tiger in the Stars": The Anatomy of Indian Achievement in British Guiana‚ 1919–1929 ‚ 1997. ——. "The Shaping of the Indo-Caribbean People: Guyana and Trinidad to the 1940s." Journal of Caribbean Studies 14 (1–2): 61–92‚ 1999–2000. Smith‚ Raymond T. The Negro Family in British Guiana: Family Structure and Social Status in the Villages ‚ 1956. ——. British Guiana ‚ 1962. Spinner‚ Thomas J.‚ A Political and Social
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capture‚ purchase or birth ‚and deprived of the right to leave ‚to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation .The slavery system that existed in the British Caribbean was termed Chattel Slavery where slaves were held and treated like cattle ‚the property of their masters and worked‚ often to death. The abolition of slavery in the Caribbean was the result of numerous factors in and outside of the region .Despite economic benefits it afforded the individual slaveholder and his country‚ the brutality
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