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Creolization Spanish- Speaking Caribbean

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 Spanish Colonization With the arrival of Europeans in the Caribbean, a world history of great importance for both the Caribbean and Europe begins. One of the great colonial systems, the Spanish, which was the oldest and most extensive; was implanted as a result of the voyages of Christopher Columbus at the beginning of the 16th century. In this century, the Spanish occupied the Greater Antilles Jamaica Hispaniola Cuba Puerto Rico In the seventeenth century the other European powers, England occupied Jamaica and France occupied the western part of Hispaniola, remaining under Spanish domination: Cuba Puerto Rico Dominican Republic  (eastern part of Hispaniola) The Spanish conquistadors plundered the Indian populations of these countries and forced them to work as enslaved people, but from that moment begins the mixture of indigenous and Spanish cultures. After nearly exterminating the Indians, the Spanish brought slaves from Africa to do the jobs the Indians had done. By bringing the sl
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Creolization - Dutch Islands of the Caribbean

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 Continuing with the Creolization of the Caribbean islands, next we will learn a little about the Dutch islands of the Caribbean, this island has the official language Dutch. These islands conform to two groups: The Dutch Windward Island  is also called " SSS " due to the name of the islands that compose it,  S aba,  S int Eustatius  The southern part of the island of Saint Martin called S int Maarten The predominant language is English. The Dutch Leeward Islands also called " ABC " for the islands of: A ruba,  B onaire,  C uraçao The predominant language is Papiamento, a creole language formed by the mix of the Spanish language, words of Portuguese origin, the indigenous Arawak language, and African languages. The Dutch islands have a great cultural mixture due to the relationship they had with the European powers during the colonization since they had a mixture with Spain, France, England, and Holland (colonizers) and with the African slaves and the natives of th
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Caribbean Islands - French Speaking

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In relation to the colonial history of the Caribbean, it should be remembered that after the Spanish discovery of the so-called New World, the Caribbean became the center of attraction for the main European empires (France, England, and Holland) who sought to share the riches of Spain in the new lands. At the beginning of the 17th century, France begins to colonize the Lesser Antilles. The French colonization in the Lesser Antilles is formalized with the rise of the sagacious Cardinal Richelieu as chief minister of Louis XIII. In the middle of the century, France colonized the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and in 1697 Spain ceded part of the island of Espanola to France. The part that becomes Haiti in 1804. The mixtures between settlers (Africans, Chinese, Indians) and colonizers (French) resulted in a new culture in the French-speaking islands. This blog tray covers  creolization  in French-speaking Caribbean Islands.  In the book "Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the
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Creolization English- Speaking Caribbean

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 Our culture is a mixture of Indian, European, African, Asian, and Hindu cultures, its elements are common to most of the islands. The Caribbean Culture comes from the migrations generated during the history of colonization of the Caribbean countries, which have contributed to shaping a Caribbean identity. The culture of the Caribbean is the result of the relationships between the different peoples and civilizations that are interrelated as a result of migration. The Caribbean islands that speak the English language are those that were colonized by Great Britain, many of which had an agricultural economy, for which they needed large numbers of slaves that were brought from Africa. After the colonization ended, much of the workforce was replaced from African slaves to workers from China or India on some of these islands. All this mix of cultures has resulted in a new culture, the culture of the Caribbean, and in this writing, we will address the culture of the English-speaking Caribbean
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Creolization in the Caribbean

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 The culture of the Caribbean countries has common origins. The experience lived by the Caribbean countries in terms of colonialism, slavery, and the movement of people from other regions at the end of slavery has created a unity of historical experience that defines it in the world. These experiences have created a new society and culture. This Caribbean culture can be explained through the theory of creolization, which will be the theme to be developed in this Blog. In the book "Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the Caribbean" the authors state that creolization is the mixture of musical or cultural traditions, this mixture is also known as syncretism, and as result creates a new and unique culture. Creolization develops from the discovery of the Americas by Europe, where the colonizing Europeans (Spanish, English, French, and Dutch), initially impose their culture on enslaved Africans and try to prohibit the African culture of said slaves. In this situation, the slaves
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