It can be claimed that the social and cultural anthropology of the Caribbean has been made peripheral to the core of the discipline. This is because of the ways anthropology became professionalized and the concomitant epistemological requirements to...

European explorers noted three major aboriginal groups in the Caribbean at the time of contact (1492 and the years immediately following): Island Arawak, Island Carib, and Ciboney. There is an abundance of information concerning the religious practices...

The Caribbean (Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Spanish: Caribe) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the...

CARIBBEAN Brownlie, Ali Jamaica 32 pp. McGraw-Hill/Waterbird ISBN 1-57768-877-5 16.95 (4) K-3 What's Tt Like to Live In ... ? series. This country snapshot briefly covers such topics as landscape, transportation, weather, housing, industry, and festivals. Newly independent readers will garner some basic...

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Indeed, anyone who’s seen Rihanna’s color-splashed video for “Pon De Replay” - which resuscitates the Diwali riddim - would say Aaliyah’s famed instructor did a superb job with Def Jam’s debutante. But it was Rihanna’s voice, not her dancing, that dazzled the label’s buttoned-up...

Caribbean islands, separated by diverse languages and cultures, are developing a single regional brand to promote the tourism industry that drives most of their economies.The new campaign, whose logo presents the word "Caribbean" in a rainbow of colors, aims to reverse a decade-long decline in...