African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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346 p., Ranging from the time of slavery and indentureship, to national independence in 1962 and the present day, this book shows how gender inequalities have been perpetuated for the benefit of exploitative systems from slavery to the present day. The book explores women's roles and activities both in colonial ideology and in reality.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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314 p, "Set in Trinidad, Manu's obsession to play "diable" in the carnival leads him into conflict with his wife, Samdaye, and sets into motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the lives of his family and neighbors." (Publisher)
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
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African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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339 p., Study of the development of education in the British West Indian colonies during the last half of the nineteenth century. Examines the educational policies and curriculum used in schools following the abolition of slavery. During this period the nature and development of the educational system in the region was profoundly affected by the decline of the sugar industry, the emergence of black and colored middle classes and the threat they posed to the ruling white elite, and the institutionalization of cultural divisions between the black and white populations.
"As I examined the Pearse Archive, a paper-clipped set of ten transcribed songs, called "trumpet songs," came to my attention. I recalled hearing these songs earlier as rousing choruses in songs of the Trinidad Spiritual Baptists. I felt that some were North American Negro spirituals, but could not, at that point, explain their explain their use in that place and time.... My thesis is that the songs were introduced to Trinidad during the early nineteenth century by black North American soldiers who were liberated from slavery after their service in the British navy." (author)
