"Focuses on AIDS/HIV cases in the Caribbean Area as of January 2003. Percentage of people affected with the disease; Information on the University of the West Indies HIV/AIDS Response Program (UWI HARP); Comments from professor Farley Cleghorn on the response of the government to the disease; Impact of the UWI HARP on the students." (author)
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Study investigated the degree to which national culture correlates with transformational leadership practices in Jamaica, Bahamas, Panama, and the United States
Talks about the Antillean waltz and the island where it originated, the Curaçao. Discussion on creolization; Details of music and dance as venues for creolization among Africans aboard a slave ship; Social hierarchy in the island during the eighteenth century.;
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177 p, In 1502, the first African slaves were taken to Hispaniola. In 1888, Brazil became the last western-hemisphere country to outlaw slavery. Yet for the nearly 400 years in between, slavery played a major role in linking the histories of Africa, North and South America, and Europe. "The Atlantic Slave Trade" begins with an overview of African slavery in the new world, then delves deeply into the phenomenon itself with essays on five separate issues: The capture of slaves and the Middle Passage,
Identities of the enslaved and their lives after capture, The economics of the slave trade, The struggle to end slavery, and The slave trade's legacy.
Tillis explores the socio-political poetics of Blas Jiménez in the context of the negritude aesthetic in the Spanish-speaking world. The selected poems of Jiménez attest to the continuation of negritude ideology of Afrocentric thematic poetry in the Carribean and showed that the poet's social criticism is linked to an ideology of white supremacy resulting from colonialism and slavery.;
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228 p, Contents: The role of the coloured middle class in Nassau, 1890-1942 -- Women in the Bahamian society in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries -- A historical sketch of family life in the Bahamas -- Isolation within an isolated archipelago : the out island communities in the Bahamas during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- Emancipation and 'over-the-hill' -- Aspects of traditional African-Bahamian culture in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- The blockade running era in the Bahamas : blessing or curse? -- Prohibition : a mixed blessing for the Bahamas -- The changing face of Nassau : the impact of tourism on Bahamian society in the 1920s and 1930s -- The 1937 riot in Inagua -- The 1942 riot in Nassau : a demand for change? -- The 1956 resolution : breaking down the barriers of racial discrimination in the Bahamas -- The 1958 general strike in Nassau : a landmark in Bahamian society -- Race relations and national identity in the formation of the Bahamian society: a historical perspective.
The first Africans came to America in August, so obviously, it's our entire history - in so far as the celebration or acknowledgement was. It has to do with [Jonathan Jackson], George Jackson and prisons. I believe in a time when the United States has more people in prison than any other industrialized nation, the prediction that if the current rate of incarceration stays the way it is now, one in three men will be incarcerated or on parole in 2020, which is not very far. I think it is contingent on us to look at that - the re-enslavement of African Americans continuing. I think this benefit for Haiti is important, because of what Haiti represents - a nearby island that had a successful slave rebellion, it has always suffered from intrusions from America from as far back as the 1800s, so I think joining together the national and international struggles is important. It is important for African Americans to look at themselves locally, nationally and internationally - to see ourselves in the world. Black August 2003 offers an opportunity to do that.
Covers the presence of blacks in Britain from 1640 to 1950, with focus on black Baptists, who came predominantly from Jamaica and America in the 1830's-60's on abolitionist tours or who had connections with the Baptist Missionary Society
Bermuda's Progressive Labor Party, supported by the island's black population, won a second term in general elections on Jul 24, 2003, but Jennifer Smith, who led the party to victory, has been ousted by a rebel Cabinet faction that claimed she was too autocratic and aloof.
Discusses C.L.R. James's chronicle of the history of the Haitian revolution of 1843 in his book 'The Black Jacobins.' Contrast between the behavior of the Haitian slaves during the working day and their conversations around the supper fire; Conscious organization of the Caribbean nation; Processes of communication that took place in the midst of conflicts.
"This paper examines CARICOM's convergence strategy for building sub-regional linkages in the current process of hemispheric integration. It looks at the concentric circles approach first advocated by the West Indian Commission, and assesses how it was implemented and the issues and problems it generated." (author)
Discusses attitudes towards a military career and perceptions of efforts by the Ministry of Defence to recruit ethnic minorities, including Blacks of African and Caribbean origin; based on interviews with 300 people in Greater London.
In addressing some of the issue facing Caribbean migrants, Dr. Manley implored everyone to take responsibilities for themselves and their respective islands. "Maybe we have been depending too much on the people we elect. A democracy works best when it has citizens who are willing to be accountable," she said. While empathizing with the terrorism issues, currently affecting the United States, Dr. Manley pointed out that the Caribbean was also experiencing terrorism in its own form. "For us poverty is terrorism. The amount of guns that come into Jamaica from this country is terrorism. Jamaica is way ahead of the other islands with their homicide rate. "Guyana is right behind us and some other islands are beginning to see the same thing happening."
Discussed is the career of fashion designer Francis Heady, whose interest in clothing began when, as a child in Trinidad, he worked with his mother, a seamstress. Heady has created fashions for celebrities such as Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot
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159 p, Discusses the importance of the role played by the Caribbean mother in her Latina daughters' negotiation of a hybrid identity as seen through the works of Julia Álvarez, Cristina García, and Esmeralda Santiago
Arciniegas, Germán (Author) and Onís,Harriet de (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
Princeton, NJ: Markus Wiener Publishers
Location:
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1946., 486 p, History of the Caribbean from the European discovery through the 19th century. Archiniegas' narrative provides readers with both a panorama of Caribbean history and colorful details about important historical figures and events.
Washington DC's Caribbean Carnival, which is in its 11th year, takes more than 500,000 Caribbean people "back home" with its parade of life, color and unity. To the dismay of many attendees, the parade moved from its original home on Georgia Avenue to the downtown area, where the white, business-class atmosphere with its federal buildings made some feel as though their culture was an exhibit in an art museum.
Marked differences in mid-twentieth-century reformers' approaches to politically active working women in Belize and Puerto Rico help to explain the emergence of colonial hegemony in the latter, and the rise of mass nationalism in the former. Reformers in both colonies were concerned with working women, but whereas British and Belizean reformers treated them as sexually and politically disordered, and aimed to transform them from militant wage-earners to clients of state social services, US and Puerto Rican reformers treated them as voting citizens with legitimate roles in the economy and labour movement. Although racialised moralism was not absent in Puerto Rico, the populism of colonial reform there helped cement a renegotiated colonial compact, while the non-populist character of reform in Belize – and the wider British Caribbean – alienated working women from the colonial state.;
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252 p, Contents: Binding mobilities of consumption -- Iconic islands : nature, landscape, and the tropical tourist gaze -- Tasting the tropics : from sweet tooth to banana wars -- Orienting the Caribbean : when East is West -- Eating others : of cannibals, vampires, and zombies -- Creolization in global culture
"Recent examination of the content of Third World tourism marketing still lacks discussion concerning context. In this paper, an analysis of brochures representing different Third World countries reveals distinct patterns of marketing images occurring across these destinations. Postcolonial theory is used as a critical, contextual perspective to interpret these patterns. Three Third World tourism ‘Un’ myths are discussed: the myth of the unchanged, the myth of the unrestrained, and the myth of the uncivilized. It is shown that the representations surrounding these myths replicate colonial forms of discourse, emphasizing certain binaries between the First and Third Worlds and maintaining broader geopolitical power structures." (authors)
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500 p, Daughters of the Diaspora features the creative writing of 20 Hispanophone women of African descent, as well as the interpretive essays of 15 literary critics. The collection is unique in its combination of genres, including poetry, short stories, essays, excerpts from novels and personal narratives, many of which are being translated into English for the first time. They address issues of ethnicity, sexuality, social class and self-representation and in so doing shape a revolutionary discourse that questions and subverts historical assumptions and literary conventions.
Barbosa, Lucia Maria de Assunção (Author), Silva, Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e (Author), and Silvério,Valter Roberto (Author)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Portuguese, with 1 contribution in English
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
São Carlos, Brazil: EdUFSCar
Location:
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345 p., Contents: De preto a afro-descendente : da cor da pele à categoria cientifica / Luiz Alberto Oliveira Gonçalves -- Escravos astutos--liberdades possíveis : reivindicações de direitos, solidariedades e arranjos de resistência--Salvador (1871-1888) / Wilson Roberto de Mattos -- Raça, cultura e identidade e o "racismo à brasileira" / Andreas Hofbauer -- Personagens, história intelectual e relações raciais no Brasil : notas sobre pesquisas biográficas / Elizabeth Viana e Flávio Gomes -- A voz que vem do interior : intelectualidade negra e quilombo / Alecsandro JP Ratts -- O alcance político dos movimentos sociais de combate ao racismo no Brasil / Maria Palmira da Silva -- Cor e seletividade no ensino superior / Delcele Mascarenhas Queiroz -- Uma dupla inseparável : cabelo e cor da pele / Nilma Lino Gomes -- Por uma representação social do negro mais próxima e familiar / Ana Celia da Silva -- Interculturalidade e educação : uma análise a partir do recorte de cor com estudantes do ensino médio público / Gilberto Ferreira da Silva -- Aprender a conduzir a própria vida : dimensões do educar-se entre afrodescendentes e africanos / Petronilha Beatriz Gonçalves e Silva -- Role of distance education in human development : a case study of the diploma in youth development offered by UNISA / Ntombizolile G.C. Vakalisa -- A desconstrução do estereótipo nos meios de comunicação social / Ricardo Alexino Ferreira -- Heirarquia e cor entre empregadas domésticas em Goiânia / Joaze Bernardino -- Pode o estudo da mortalidade denunciar as desigualidades raciais? / Luís Eduardo Batista -- Roda o balaio na porta da igreja, minha filha, que o santo é de candomblé / Vilson Caetano de Sousa Júnior -- Enredos de lazer e fé na cultura do Maranhão / Carlos Benedito Rodrigues da Silva -- No movimento do rap : marcas da negritude / Maria das Graças Gonçalves -- Formas geométricas e estruturas fractais na cultura africana e afro-descendentes / Henrique Cunha Jr. e Marizilda dos S. Menezes -- Ação afirmativa : percepções da "casa grande" e da "senzala" / Valter Roberto Silvério.
