Resources

NOTE: Keep an eye out for links on the following pages. Usually the continuation of an article is indicated near the bottom of the page by the word "Next" or by listing several page numbers (1 2 3 4--indicating that the article is found on four separate web pages). Sometimes related topics are linked at the top or bottom of the web page or in a side column.

Slave Trade/Plantation System

• Importance of History in Caribbean Writing
• Europeans Come to West Africa --helpful history; see many related links at the bottom of the page.
• Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Arrival Of The Africans
• Slavery on the Plantation
• The High Price of Sugar
• From "The Origin of Negro Slavery" --long scholarly article by Williams.
• Civil Laws Enacted by the Planters to Suppress Slave Resistance
• Women's Resistance.
• Producers, Reproducers, and Rebels: Grenadian Slave Women 1783-1833
• Indian Arrival in the Caribbean
• The Debate Over Abolition
• From "Middle Passage"--essay by Naipaul.
• Caribbean Culture And The Institution That Formed It
• Emancipation--A Dream Deferred.

Caribbean Indigenous Peoples

• Arawak/Taino Indians --summary of these Caribbean natives.
• Taino Indians Culture
• Tainos Caribs: Caribbean Indigenous People.
• Caribbean Islands: The Pre-European Population
• Indigenous Puerto Rico: DNA Evidence Upsets Established History
• A Note on Tainos: Whither Progress? --long scholarly history.
• The Caribs in Dominica: Karifuna Cultural Group
• Cannibalism as Cultural Libel
• Rumor of Cannibals
• The History of St. Croix
• Atrocities of the Spanish Conquistadors in the West Indies
• Bartolomé de Las Casas and his Defence of the Indians
• Giving Cannibalism a Human Face

Afro-Caribbean and African Religions

• Voodoo--helpful summary.
• African Religiosity in the Diaspora: Caribbean Experience--good overview.
• Santeria--A Syncretistic Caribbean Religion--definitions.
• Haiti: Voodoo--many links.
• Vodou--many links.
• A Structural Analysis of Puerto Rican Santeria--good analysis.
• Ancestor Veneration in Africa
• Yoruba Religion and Myth
• The African Experience of God through the Eyes of a Akan Woman--essay.
• Iemonja and Olukun--personal essay with an extensive section on the goddess Yemaya.
• Yansa--many links.
• Ochun, Goddess of Love--many links.
• Obeah: Ultimate Resistance.
• Santeria, A Practical Guide to Afro-Caribbean Magic--click on "Historical Notes" and "ceremonies."
• Nwaanyi Mara Mma: Mami Wata, the More Than Beautiful Woman

Slave Rebellions and Rebel Heroes/Heroines

• Maroons in Jamaica--links to five essays on the topic of "maroons."
• Haitian Revolution-- three essays on the topic.
• Nanny --short history of this legendary Caribbean heroine
• The Story of Grandy Nanny --short history of Nanny and the Maroons.
• Jamaica's Troubled Past: The Maroons --well-researched student essay.
• The Haitian Revolution
• The Slave Army of Toussaint L'Ouverture
• A Revolution in Haiti--links to 3 essays on this topic.
• Enslaved African Revolts--detailed timeline.
• Slave Revolt against White Man's Law Paul Bogle and the Morant Bay rebellion.
• Obeah: The Ultimate Resistance

Carnival and Calypso

• Building Bridges through Culture--helpful introduction.
• Calypso: A World Music--good introduction, with many photos. See related links at the top of the page.
• Trinidad Carnival.
• An Introduction to Carnival--many links in left-column ("traditional characters," "calypso," "steel pan," etc.)
• Reports from the Front--descriptions of a number of Carnival '96 events; click on the links.
• The Calypsonian as Artist: Freedom and Responsibility--Roelehr's scholarly article
• Calypso Kings--two great calypsonians in Britain; good history of Trinidad Carnival.
• Nostalgia--Old Time Carnival--photos and several helpful links at top of page.
• Time out or Time in? Trinidad and Tobago Carnival as a World Elsewhere.
• Traditional Carnival Characters--photos; links at top of the page.
• Carnival 2001 King and Queen Finals Photo Gallery
• Sparrow through the eyes of Indo-Trinidadians.
• Carnival Cannibalized or Cannibal Carnivalized: Contextualizing the 'Cannibal Joke' in Calypso and Literature--scholarly article.
• Calypso and the Bacchanal Connection--essay by creative writer Earl Lovelace.
• Fugues, Fragments and Fissures:A Work in Progress-- creative essay by Caribbean-Canadian poet Marlene Nourbese Philip.

Rastafari and Reggae

• Dread History: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari--good source.
• Reggae Music History--good overview.
• Nyabinghi Music
• Nyabinghi Elders Explain Principles of Their Faith.
• Mythical Pasts: Ethiopianism as a Revitalization Movement.
• Reggae As Social Change: The Spread of Rastafarianism--well-researched student paper.
• A Sketch of Rastafari History-- much more detailed than the title suggests; from Garveyites to Bob Marley.
• Reggae.
• Bob Marley.
• Dub Poetry: Introduction-- defines "dub" poetry and its politicized purpose; many helpful links to Creole language, Rastafari, and reggae rhythms.
• Marcus Mosiah Garvey: Ratafarian Prophet --influence of Garvey on contemporary Rastafari.
• 'To Be Someone, To Belong': The Black Womyn's Experience in Rastafari.
• Nature in the Rastafarian Consciousness.

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