Essays on Afro-Caribbean

Salsa is a dance style which originates from the Afro-Caribbean and Latin part of the world and it reflects the culture of this region. This dance spread all over the world and each culture adopted it and enrichened it with their specific elements. Salsa is a lifestyle, it has many health benefits when regarded as exercising, its culture is very interesting and the history of this dance is rich and each person tells their personal story through the dance. Salsa is a lifestyle which reflects the personality of each individual involved in the process. Every person has their unique ...

Lucien Levy Bruhl was a French trained scholar in philosophy who wrote about the primitive mentality in his work titled How Natives Think. He speculated of what he believed to be the operating mindset of mankind namely the primitive and the western mentality. He went on to describe the primitive mentality as one that makes no difference between the supernatural and reality. On the converse, he argued that the western mind makes use of logic and speculation. He also believed in the theory that there was a historical evolution that evolved from the primitive mind to the western mind. Bruhl ...

Black Boys and underachievement: Myth or Reality?

Introduction Since the decade of the 1960s, the families of black Caribbean boys have been particularly concerned about the academic performance of their children. The reason for this is due to an apparent gap between these Afro-Caribbean children and other students, especially white ones (National Union of Teachers | NUT | The Teachers' Union, 2007). Today, their scholastic success at the attainment at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) remains well below the national average. In 2006, 44.9 percent of these children gained five good GCSEs or their equal compared to 57.3 percent of white students (DfES, 2007). The figures ...

Chapter: The Whiteness of Black Disney Princesses – The Princess and the Frog as Acceptable White Ideal for African-Americans in Childrens’ Media When it comes to race, representation in Disney princess films is rare; until now, there are only a few non-white Disney princesses, and most of them are whitewashed and their cultural attributes hidden. Over the course of the Disney princess line, several trends can be seen about race and culture – minority cultures are often shown in negative ways. In most popular culture, the lack of representation of black characters is clear – while representation is increasing, “diverse and accurate ...

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Afro-Caribbean are people from Africa who migrated in the Caribbean Islands. Art by Afro-Caribbean is still tightly connected to the concept of provincial identity and inherited heritage. It is as well believed to stay Afro- Caribbean beliefs are pluralistic, thus share wide-ranging historical proficiencies. The type of art fashioned by many Afro-Caribbean people are said to be modern. This is evident with the local arts that existed in vast places of the island even before the 20th century added by the works of itinerant artists from Europe. Happy to be distinguished with their Caribbean roots, they became more focused ...

Police may be considered as that force in society that helps maintain social order. They detect crime and take corrective measures to ensure that such acts do not occur again in society. The police force may at times coerce people if they do not follow the law and order. Consequently, order is maintained in society because people know that they would be held responsible if they go against the rules and regulations as determined by law. The police have been given right by the constitution that they may reprimand people who create havoc in the city which helps limit ...

Films play a big role in the representation of society, in the cultural, political, and social scenes in society. Various genres of the film act to different effect in the society, with some providing educative insights, political activism in film, entertainment, all depending on the nature of the film. Film has found use previously as a tool through which directors and activists have utilized in the portrayal of historical events; the intention being to present the occurrences in as much a real way as to have an impact on their targeted audience. Historical events are often mucked by unpleasant occurrences, which the ...

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Mary Conde’s book ‘I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem’ uses the Salem Witchcraft Trials as a background for the political implications of a post slavery scenario where the political implications are great. There are also some ironies which can be observed since the Puritans who ended up as abolitionists entertained the worst excesses as regards cleansing and purifying the nation of witches and Conde plays on that notion with subtle irony. The sense of catastrophe is also imminently felt especially in the analogous dynamics of the novel. Tituba is imbued with fantastic and wild notions of witchcraft which also impart ...

Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. In the past there have been countless acts of racism. Racism can be defined as racial discrimination over skin color, ethnic background and race, or a belief that some races are by nature superior. Racism occurs all over the world; can happen to anyone, and will always exist. Racism has taken on several forms in America over the past several hundred years. However, r, there are still many stereotypes against African-American which influence American cultureculture. Therefore, several questions need to be examined herein. For example, what effect (if any) do ...

Rodrigo de Bastidas is believed to have been the first Spanish to discover Panama while on an expedition in search of gold. He was then followed by Christopher Columbus who proclaimed Panama’s sovereignty, one year after de Bastidas arrival. The Republic of Panama, initially inhabited by the Spanish, split with Spain to join Republic of Gran Colombia. However, in November 1903, Panama officially declared its independence from Colombia with a backing by the United States of America (Hassig, and Quek 21). The overarching reason behind U.S.s support for an independent Panama was that U. S. wanted to construct a canal ...

Introduction – a novel for all seasons

This is a classic novel set in 1970’s England in the context of the Bangladeshi community and how this is integrated up to a point with English society. Identity is a crucial issue throughout the novel and for example when the novel starts we observe Archie a 47 year old man whose wife walked out on him attempting to gas himself in his car due to the fact that his disturbed Italian wife walked out on him. Here we have the identity of Archie who could be seen as a failed persona but who has also had his hopes and dreams shattered so ...