Jamaica

As a powerful weapon, Reggae music can forcefully stop mental slavery with its symbolic musical strategies. Reggae musicians such as Bob Marley, Skip Marley, and Stephen Marley have effectively opened the minds of the African and Afro-Caribbean people from the immoral education of mental slavery. According to Ennis Edmonds, the reggae musicians are “telling Blacks the truth about their African roots and African identity” (pg. 29). For instance, in Skip Marley’s song “Lions”, he has powerful…

Reggae a Semente The warm sunlight hits you even before the reggae beat begins. In the music video for Reggae a Semente's "Can You Feel?" a red and white van with a "Coexist" sticker in the window rolls slowly down the highway on the edge of a city, a journey interrupted only by shots of the band smiling and jamming in a skate park. Whether they're driving, walking, or lingering under an overpass, they pose the same question: can you feel the spirit? As comfortable as the overarching mood is,…

Introduction Padget stated that, hegemony is the political, cultural and economic dominance of one state over another state (Padget, 2000). Upon establishing their imperial legitimacy, the Europeans implemented and utilized multiple strategies to secure their hegemonic dominance by deeming other cultures peripheral and illegitimate. This paper is going to analyze and illustrate Caribbean cultural disaccumulation by using Padget’s plural cultural systems concept. The paper will then…

The aspects of life and society revealed in the plays ‘ Moon on a Rainbow Shawl’ by Errol john, ‘Chippy’ by Samuel Hillary and ‘ Man better Man’ by Errol Hill attest to the reality of the Caribbean setting. It is a Caribbean thing; we understand it, we live it. This is the "between the lines" motto that each play in its own descriptive dramatized essence reveals to its audience. Unapologetic, in its delivery of the social and political systems, the mindset of like individuals and consequences…

ASSIGNMENT 1: INVESTMENT IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA SUBMITTED TO: PROF. NAKUL SINGH CHAUHAN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island country in the Americas, lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guinea, Long, Maiden and York Islands and further south, the island of Redonda). The permanent…

It was chosen for me through a traditional naming strategy passed on from generations to generations. This is a tradition that is somewhat unfamiliar to me just as the details of my history are not clear. I’m of Indo-Guyanese descent but like most people of my heritage I know very little of our shared past. To better understand (split infinitive) my identity, I must first learn more about my own history. Through my ancestor’s historic journey from India to British Guiana my Indo-Guyanese…

How would life be in the Dominican Republic? Would the Geography affect you? The Dominican Republic may seem inconsiderable compared to the United States, but it contains extraordinary significant landforms. The geography of the Dominican Republic; the different climatic zones, its location, and mountains along with water sources that surround it are important to its country. The Dominican Republic, mainly known for its gorgeous beaches and lavish resorts, is an island nation in the Caribbean.…

"The city flourished initially, and rather modesty, as a tourist center and retirement colony…" Beverley & Houston (Page 20). The perfect thing about Tokyo and Miami is something that I can't compare, it's the cultural and ethnic diversity. The fact that we can find people from every part of the world, from Spain to Venezuela. It is important to be objective about the thing that makes the life qualities better when we compare them both. Each of the cities has their differences for the good and…

Within the Bahamas, at 25*N and 75*20*W, is Eleuthera and Harbour Island. Eleuthera and Harbour Island is located northeast of Abacos Island and northwest of Cat Island. Harbour Island is within the Bahamas Island range, south east of Florida and east of Cuba. This island range is perfect for tropical vacations and growing tropical fruits. Eleuthera and Harbour Island divides clear, warm water from dark, cool ocean water, which actually looks pretty cool. The island is almost covered entirely…

An experience of particular importance to me was when I went to Cuba. This was important to me because I met a new friend Anyelo, experienced the cultural and met nice people. One thing that made this trip particularly important was that I got to see how different people’s lives are in Cuba. There have been sanctions against Cuba since the 1950s making it so they do not have many things that we have in the US. Most of their cars are antique and have to use what they have to repair them. The…