Caribbean Heritage

Food of the Caribbean Traditional island cuisine results from a mélange of cultural influences. The islands have been fought over and owned by various European powers – mainly the British, French, and Spanish. All of these cultures, as well as their respective culinary traditions, have played a role in forming the multi-national cuisine of the […]

Music of the Caribbean Calypso Calypso music can be compared to the blues of the Deep South. lt was used as the way to ease the woes of the oppressed and as a means of communication amongst slaves. In the early days Calypso served as a verbal means of consolation. It was not until the

History The Caribbean was first explored by Christopher Columbus. It was named after the CARIB, a warlike tribe of cannibalistic Indians that inhabited some of the Lesser Antilles at the time of the European conquest. Over 7,000 islands make up the Caribbean lsles, forming a great arc that stretches from Florida to Venezuela and enclosing