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2. At Home in the Caribbean Diaspora: "Race" and the Dialectics of Identity
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Allahar,Anton (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 2010
- Published:
- Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diaspora
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(1) : 2-28
- Notes:
- Explores ethno-political identity in the English-speaking Caribbean & its Diasporas. Although being black was non-problematic in the early days of decolonization when most of the population was black, immigrants to European & North American cities where whites were the majority often suffered discrimination, a decline in social status, & a life filled with resentment. Following independence, ex-dentured East Indians, Chinese, Syrians, & light-skinned creoles in the Caribbean began to reassess their "blackness" & lighter skinned people were granted privileges not available to darker-skinned citizens. Meanwhile, black leaders who accepted the logic of capitalism ignored class critiques of capitalist structures of exploitation.
3. Bermuda Looks to the East: Marcus Garvey, the UNIA, and Bermuda, 1920-1931
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Swan,Quito J. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2010 spring-summer
- Published:
- Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diaspora
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(1) : 29-61
- Notes:
- Examines the impact of the Universal Negro Improvement League (UNIA) on the British colony of Bermuda where the majority black population was segregated and disenfranchised while white elites enjoyed total political and economic power. The efforts of UNIA leaders like Marcus Garvey made UNIA a global organization and strongly influenced Caribbean regional politics. Attention is given to the impact of tourism which became Bermuda's primary industry in the 1920s when blacks were evicted from their homes to make room for white resorts.
4. African-Caribbean Canadians Working "Harder" to Attain Their Immigrant Dreams: Context, Strategies, and Consequences
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- James,Carl E. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Winter, 2009
- Published:
- Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diaspora
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(1) : 92-108
- Notes:
- Analyzes the situation of English-speaking African-Caribbeans in Canada as they strive to attain upward social & economic mobility. Census data, 1981-2007, and qualitative data obtained during 2004-2007 interviews with 90 African-Caribbeans living in Halifax, Toronto, and Calgary are drawn on to explored their employment and education experiences, along with perceptions of racism and how it has impacted their opportunities, health, and well-being.
5. Tukontology: How West African Sages Used Their Sciences to Beat Out Potent Forces in a British West Indian Auditorium
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Murray,Deryck (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2009 winter
- Published:
- Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and Its Diaspora
- Journal Title Details:
- 12(3) : 30-58
- Notes:
- West African powers in the Caribbean have often been studied as important cultural and religious formations. This article treats them as ontological formations by collapsing the modern opposition between reason/knowledge and power/force. The distinction between the "knowing" West anchored in a unified scientific reason and the "believing" Rest who trust in many cultures is therefore refused. With the above prerequisite in mind, a new approach to creolization, termed "tukontology," is deployed to reveal a Kuhnian type paradigm shift in the war-medicine of blacks on British West Indian plantations between 1645 and emancipation in 1838.