Every June, National Caribbean American Heritage Month recognizes and celebrates the significant contributions of Caribbean people to the United States, and it shares in the community’s rich history ...

Caribbean counterpoints -- The Caribbean Stage. Geographies of opportunity, geographies of constraint / David Barker -- Contemporary Caribbean ecologies: the weight of history / Duncan McGregor -- The ...

While taking professor Faith Smith’s course Literature of the Caribbean in the spring of 2019, Dannie Brice ’20 had a moment of enlightenment. “I saw how westernized archival material on slavery in ...

The Caribbean islands might sound like the ideal beautiful, balmy vacation spot, but for scholars who study the region, it is so much more – a place of important history and flourishing arts that has ...

Myth 1. Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 -- Myth 2. The Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean -- Myth 3. Columbus met ...

The Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Dominica, St. John, St. Croix and Puerto Rico are recovering from the devastation of hurricanes Maria and Irma. The Caribbean was once a crossroads of trade and ...

Carib Indians were some of the original inhabitants of the islands between North and South America — hence the sea named after them: the Caribbean. Suggested Reading What Happened to the ‘80s Hit ...

Humans are thought to have first settled in the Caribbean islands about 6,000 years ago during the Archaic Age, and used stone tools. Around 3,000 to 4,000 years later, clay pottery developed during ...

Over the years, I have had dozens of conversations on the question of whether Caribbean history “really matters” and for whom it matters. I’ve heard the region’s history dismissed due to the relative ...

It might come as a surprise to learn that people of Haitian descent are the largest ethnic minority in Cuba. But that's the history behind The Creole Choir of Cuba, a vocal and percussion ensemble ...

If you are researching ancestors from Africa or the Caribbean there are some specialised routes to the past that you might like to follow . Researching your family history if you're of African ...

From the banks of the Riviera Maya to the shores of Trinidad, the Caribbean is renowned worldwide for its spectacular natural beauty, offering pristine beaches, towering palm trees, and azure water to ...