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    21. Born in Africa, Reared in Trinidad: Calypso

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Slater,Les (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    February-March, 2002
    Published:
    New York: Black Diaspora Communications
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Black Diaspora
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 38-41
    Notes:
    Explored is the history of Calypso music, which though originating in Trinidad, most likely has its roots among the many African cultural retentions that were transported with the ancestors to the west via the slave trade

    23. Caribbean Banana Trade: From Colonialism to Globalization

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Clegg,Peter (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    New York: Palgrave Macmillan
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    213 p, Contents: The effect of monopoly power and the establishment of imperial preference -- The Second World War and its aftermath: political control and corporate adjustment -- Competition and accommodation: the development of the windward islands and export trade and the problems of Caribbean rivalry -- The EEC an the Lomé convention: a weakening of the national approach -- The creation of a single European market in bananas and the exploiting of networks of influence -- The ultimate challenge: the WTO and the marginalization of Caribbean interests