Format: Pamphlet / Publication Year: 2004 / Subject Term: Caribbean area

Start Over Format Pamphlet Publication Year 2004 Subject Term Caribbean area

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: United Nations. High Commissioner on Human Rights (Author)
Format:: Pamphlet
Publication Date:: 2004
Published:: Geneva: United Nations
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: Held in Montevideo from 7 to 9 May 2003., 27 p., Includes concrete conclusions and recommendations on poverty reduction, development, land ownership, access to employment, participation in public life, discrimination and the law, torture and the excessive use of force, health, education, cultural identity, religion and housing.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Wilson,Amber (Author)
Format:: Pamphlet
Publication Date:: 2004
Published:: New York, NY: Crabtree Pub. Co.
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 32 p., Follows the island's history from colony to independence and beyond. Fabulous images and special spreads on food and life in a Maroon village show a side of Jamaica not depicted in tourist pamphlets. Other topics include: The Taino people -- Jamaica's first inhabitants; The slave trade and the plantation system; Pirates of the Caribbean; Rebellion and resistance to slavery and oppression; Jamaican heroes such as Paul Bogle ,Nanny, Marcus Garvey and Alexander Bustamante; Jamaican influence abroad and Jamaican foods made famous.

Bibleaves