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    Caribbean History School Based Assessment Presented To Manning’s School In Partial Fulfilment In Caribbean Examination Council Question: Theme 9 – Caribbean Society 1900-1985 What were the implications of being a member of the Rastafarian Movement in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1070s? Submitted by: Jade Eunis Centre Number: 100068 School: Manning’s School Territory: Jamaica‚ West Indies Teacher: Ms. Frith Year: 2014 Table of Contents Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………..3 Ration………………………………………………………………………………

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    diversity in it’s sound to the point where it started a phenomenon; the rap game. Within this frenzy of shootings‚ gang pride‚ and territorial disputes came one of the greatest hip hop artists to ever live. His sound had a Jamaican ring to it‚ thanks to his mother who was a Jamaican native. His deep ‘uh-n’s in his tracks were so organic that it was good enough to get his name out throughout Jamaica Queens‚ NY and then eventually to the desk of P. Diddy. Diddy is often recognized as the ‘founding father’

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    The existence of African slavery has been prevailing for centuries before the infamous American slavery. Beginning in the 1500’s‚ slavery was prominent in the world. During slavery‚ in places like the West Indies‚ Jamaica and even Florida‚ enslaved Africans would rebel against slavery. The first escape occurred in 1512‚ and since then more enslaved Africans began to escape. The enslaved Africans would escape into the jungles and forests where there was no sign of humanity. Eventually‚ communities

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    Q2 STUDY GUIDE LA Claude McKay (Tropics in New York) From rural Jamaican to world traveler The 11th child of peasant farmers Born and raised in Jamaica Moved in 1912 to the US to attend college Published two volumes of verse in Jamaican dialect He moved to New York in 1914 By the early 1920’s he had emerged as one of the first inspirational voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Traveled widely as a poet‚ novelist and journalist. Langston Hughes (Theme for English B) Spokesman for common people Born

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    Black Feminism in Britain Black feminism in Britain is a very strong issue. This topic could be addressed in so many ways‚ so I decided to address the issue through others writings. Black women have been pressing the issue of equality for a very long time now‚ and being black women presents a two -fold issue on equality. Being Black automatically make you a minority and being a woman takes away from your standpoint even more. This is why Hazel Carby feels that being just a feminist is nit

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    Americans living in the low-income areas of the South Bronx in New York City. Rap music has become a culturally originated music genre stemming from hip hop in the 1970s. Rap music can be defined as rhythmic speaking; almost poetically‚ stemming from Jamaican traditions‚ which included impromptu poetry (Chang‚ 2005) and synthesising‚ which is when DJs speak over the musical rhythms in a poetic form. This hip hop culture then took off‚ with several groups‚ mainly male groups‚ coming together to emphasis

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    and singing give the `response’. Other forms of Caribbean music include the `rumba’ which also formed one of the popular ballroom dance forms in America. One of the most popular Caribbean musician and his group‚ Bob Marley and the Wailers made Jamaican `reggae’ well-known among music lovers across the globe. Another popular music form which arose from such music was `Calypso’ which was more common in Trinidad and Tobago. It was a popular style of song that often contained comical social criticism

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    be one of those producing schools. Immaculate Conception High School and Kellits High School will be investigated by comparison to determine whether students attending Jamaican Co-educational schools are more socially competent than students attending Same-sex schools. Immaculate Conception High School‚ a traditional Jamaican High School‚ was founded in January 1858 by the Franciscan Sisters. It is located at 152 Constant Spring Road. The school obtains high pass rates annually for the Caribbean

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    The project he is currently working on today is documenting interesting relationships between the degrees of bodily symmetry in humans. “This work began in 1996 on rural Jamaican children and is one of the longest-running longitudinal studies of these variables in humans” (Trivers 1). Trivers states in an article that Jamaican people’s knees are straighter‚ so that is why they run faster. If a boy or girl has symmetrical knees at the age of eight‚ then they will be better sprinters when they are

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    November 18‚ 2008 Bob Marley-A Legend This paper will explore the life and musical steps of a true legend‚ Bob Marley. In 1944‚ British Captain Norval Marley married Cedalla Booker‚ an extremely young Jamaican girl. On February 6‚ 1945 at 2:30am she gave birth to Robert Nesta Marley on February‚ 6 1945‚ in northern Jamaica in a small town called‚ St. Ann‚ named Nine Miles. (White) Throughout Bob Marley’s life his father was not there. The psychological aftermath of being an

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