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Jewish Influences in the Dutch Caribbean, Suriname and Guyana

June 5, 2017by creoleana Leave a comment

Originally posted on Repeating Islands:
A report by Asaf Shimoni for the Times of Israel. Few people know that Portuguese Jews helped shape languages in the southeastern Caribbean, that the illegitimate…

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Seeking PhD Students: ‘Caribbean literary heritage’ project

April 15, 2017by creoleana Leave a comment

Originally posted on Repeating Islands:
A new research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust on Caribbean literary heritage is looking for collaborations with authors, researchers and archivists. The Anglophone Caribbean’s…

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Grenada: Home to World Class Cricket

December 3, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

National Cricket Stadium is located in St. George’s, Grenada and is home to the West Indies Cricket team which competes in the ICC World Cup Series as well as the […]

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Costa Rica: An Island in Between

November 11, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

Geographically, Costa Rica is a Central American country bordered by Panama to the South, Nicaragua to the North, the Pacific Ocean to the West, and the Caribbean Sea to the […]

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Isabel La Negra

October 24, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

Who was Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, more commonly known as “Isabel la Negra”? As brothel madam and generous philanthropist, in life she was a study in contrasts – both scorned and […]

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Islands, Puerto Rico

Haiti vs Dominican Republic: Battle over citizenship continues

September 15, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

When is a citizen not a citizen? When they are of Haitian descent. Apparently, citizenship is no longer a right, but a privilege in the Dominican Republic. According to an […]

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Women Pirates in a Masculine World

February 19, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

Women pirates were more common than we might think. This week’s reading in Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts focuses on two of the most famous – Anne Bonny and […]

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Pirates, Women Pirates

“Black Sails” – Myth or History?

February 3, 2014by creoleana Leave a comment

Move over Johnny Depp –“Black Sails” has taken over the pirate imaginary on cable TV! The question is whether or not this newest representation of the Golden Age of Piracy […]

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Movies, Pirates

Digital Editions of Early Caribbean Newspapers: 1718-1876

October 2, 2013by creoleana 5 Comments

Today Readex distributed this press release: Readex to Launch Digital Edition of Caribbean Newspapers New collection is essential for research on Colonial history, the slave trade and the Atlantic region […]

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Celebrating Pirates of the Caribbean in China

July 9, 2013by creoleana Leave a comment

Pirates are popular everywhere – even in China. The Caribbean Association in China (CAC) held a party with over 200 attendees at Pudong’s Crowne Plaza hotel to celebrate another anniversary […]

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