Drops of Inclusivity examines race and racism on the island of Puerto Rico by combining a wide-angle historical narrative with the individual stories of Black Puerto Ricans. While some of these Afro-Boricuas, such as Roberto Clemente and Ruth Fernández, are well-known, others, like Cecilia Orta and Juan Falú Zarzuela, have been largely forgotten, if remembered at all. Individually and collectively, their words and lives speak to the persistent power...

Written by Caribbean-based writer and photographer Paul Crask, this new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt's Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique is the only standalone guide available to this alluring Caribbean destination. With insider knowledge of the islands, from luxurious villas and resorts to pastoral villages and mountain trails, Bradt's Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique is rich in detail, local colour and practical information,...

The British Parliament's decision to abolish the slave trade in 1807 had disastrous implications for plantation societies, such as Jamaica, in regards to the health and the labour of the enslaved population. Many of the Jamaican sugar planters could not accept the fact that the 1807 Abolition Act was a watershed moment which demanded a more conciliatory form of management and a willingness to implement critical labour reforms, such as task work. The...

Written by an outspoken, long-time resident, Frommer's Costa Rica 2015 shows travelers how to plan and execute the adventure of a lifetime in this vibrant country. This classic Frommer's series includes exact prices; extraordinarily candid reviews of the best nature sights, restaurants, attractions, outfitters and hotels in every price range (from hostels to glamorous resorts); and dozens of detailed maps.

Do you want to explore every single aspect of the Caribbean life? Then your next vacation should be in the ABC islands! Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are three exotic Caribbean islands with a colorful Dutch colonial architecture. Since they used to be ruled by the Dutch, many elements of the Dutch architecture and culture are still present. However, the ABC islands are still exotic and they have the most beautiful waters and sceneries you'll ever come...

As strange as this may sound, I hope you do not enjoy this book, I hope it disturbs you. I hope after reading you realize there is something wrong with Jamaica that needs to be fixed......I hope you will never look at a ghetto person the same again. I hope you will never see a young girl in a compromising position with an older man and not question what is going on. I hope you will never see a young man in jail and write him off as 'wutless' or bad.....Most...

Los quince capítulos de Desde otros Caribes: fronteras, poéticas e identidades ponen en escena a "otros Caribes" en un performance dialógico y transdisciplinario que permite su discusión como actores en un espacio Caribe diverso e interrelacionado. Plante

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Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.

This work is a collection of selected papers presented at the conference "Trajectories of Freedom: Caribbean Societies, 1807-2007", a theme inspired by the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in the British Empire. The papers interrogate and problematize shifting notions and expressions of "freedom" as they have evolved in Caribbean societies over the past two hundred years and as they have been applied in the...