slavery and has been described as the "Silent Crime of the Caribbean". Regional organizations such as the Association of Caribbean States‚ CARICOM and the Organization of American States have all expressed their displeasure at the rapid increase of human trafficking cases in the Caribbean. This growing practice impacts many nations across the world and the Caribbean has recently been drawn into what is being called a “global panic.” In the Caribbean the group causing the most concern in regards to Human
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| | | | | | Critically examine the role that Caribbean cruise tourism is playing in the economies and social sectors of the region. What are the economic and social costs/ benefits derived from this type of industry? What should Caribbean countries be doing to derive more benefits and mitigate social and environmental damage? | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ECONOMIC IMPACTS 3 SOCIAL / SOCIAL-CULTURAL IMPACTS 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 11 RECOMMENDATIONS 16 THE FUTURE OF CRUISE
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THEME: Languages in the Caribbean TOPIC: Oral Traditions within the Culture RESEARCH STATEMENT: To examine the factors contributing to the diminishing presence of the oral tradition within the Jamaican society. INTRODUCTION Oral traditions are viewed as “the means by which knowledge is reproduced‚ preserved and conveyed from generation to generation…” – Renee Hulan‚ Renate Eigenbrod It is through interaction and interrelation that we procure experiences
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Topic: “The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization.” Discuss. The Amerindians have left a legacy that forms part of the Caribbean Civilization. The Amerindians were two groups of people having completely different personalities. One group was the Arawaks or Taino which occupied the Greater Antilles and the other was the Caribs or Kalinago which occupied the Lesser Antilles. The Arawaks were a very peaceful group of people; slim and short‚ but firmly built
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In this exam I will demonstrate my knowledge of the postcolonial theoretical school and its relationship to ethnography and anthropology. The connection between colonialism and anthropology is an old one. Depending on when one sets the beginning of what we call Aanthropology‚@ issues of imperialism‚ colonialism and colonial justification go back as far as recorded history. For the purposes of this exam‚ I will focus on the current colonial/postcolonial paradigm that began with the age of European
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INTRODUCTION The board platform on which this jurisprudence rests is the Commonwealth Caribbean’s common historic‚ political‚ economic and cultural experiences; our mutual history of slavery‚ indenture‚ displacement‚ resistance and struggle. In exercising their supreme and original right to establish the principles for their future government‚ the sovereign ‘people’ have chosen to organize their government into its various departments. One of these departments is the Judiciary – the Court itself
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the means to increase revenue significantly by expanding globally. The Caribbean countries formed a regional
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The integration movement in the Caribbean has been envisioned in days as far back as the West Indian Federation (the original CARICOM) where diverse Caribbean states joined with the intention of creating a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state‚ much like the successful Canadian Federation. This short-lived attempt at regional integration unfortunately collapsed before any real development could be made. The reincarnation of this motion‚ however‚ occurred in 1973
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This article is about the group of people such as a mother and a father. For the family in biology‚ see Family (biology). For other uses‚ see Family (disambiguation). A group portrait of a mother‚ son and daughter on glass‚ Roman Empire‚ c. 250 AD Part of a series on Anthropology of kinship Basic concepts[show] Kinship terminology[show] Case studies[show] Related articles[show] Major theorists[show] Social and cultural anthropology v t e Relationships Types[show] Activities[show]
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How did the African slavery impact the Caribbean region between1640-1985? Introduction When the Europeans switched from tobacco to sugar cultivation‚ the plantation needed more lands and more labour. The labour present came from the Tainos‚ whose population decreased from abuse‚ and could not meet the labour demands. The Europeans brought free labourers from Europe‚ but they could not be forced to work under the conditions demanded by the encomenderos. The church suggested the use of enslaving
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