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Topic: British African-Caribbean community

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Understanding the excess of psychosis among the African--Caribbean population in England: Review of current hypotheses -- SHARPLEY et al. 178 (40): 60 -- The British Journal of Psychiatry among the African—Caribbean community have all been blamed, Hutchinson, J., Takei, Bhugra, D., et al (1997) Increased rate of psychosis among African—Caribbeans in Britain is not due to an excess of pregnancy and birth complications. McGovern, D. and Hemmings, P. follow-up of second generation Afro-Caribbeans and white British with a first admission diagnosis of schizophrenia: attitudes to mental illness and psychiatric services of patients and relatives. bjp.rcpsych.org /cgi/content/full/178/40/s60   (6989 words)

Ligali Media Community demands film for British schools and libraries African British is the name now used to describe the community previously mislabelled as Afro-Caribbean, Black British, UK Black, Negro, Nigger, Coloured and Black. There was a united call from the African British community for the film 500 Years Later to be shown in schools and made available through local libraries. It embraces all British nationals with antecedents originating directly from Africa or indirectly via African diasporic communities, such as those in the Caribbean and South America. www.ligali.org /article.php?id=285   (395 words)

AAME : The significant growth of the Caribbean community in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century is easily explained by the increasing economic hardship and disenchantment in the British West Indies and the simultaneous expansion of the U.S. economy with its relatively high wages and growing employment opportunities. Caribbeans and African Americans were brought together in Britain's North American colonies, in the South as well as in the North. Thus those from the British Caribbean entered under the British quota set at 34,007 in 1925. www.inmotionaame.org /print.cfm?migration=10   (8523 words)

Encyclopedia: Afro Caribbean The movement spread quickly in the Caribbean and was hugely attractive to the local fl youths, many of whom saw it as an extension of their adolescent rebellion from school and parental authority. One of the main forms of music in the Caribbean, which led to the evolution of Caribbean music, is called Calypso. Calypso is a mixture of African folk songs and has its roots in a West African form of music called Kaiso. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Afro_Caribbean   (191 words)

BBC NEWS England Beds/Bucks/Herts Drive to recruit new black donors A leukaemia trust is leading a drive to recruit more bone marrow donors from the African Caribbean community. The African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust is holding a recruitment drive in Luton this weekend to find more donors. When he needed a bone marrow transplant nine years ago there were fewer than 600 black people on the UK donor register. 212.58.240.37 /1/low/england/beds/bucks/herts/3530156.stm   (283 words)

Itzcaribbean London ~ Caribbean community, Caribbean culture, urban London, uk ABOUT US The online resource for the Caribbean community and Caribbean culture in London, business and services directory, articles and information. New African Caribbean restaurant opens in North London. Black History Month UK, find out more on London community events, general information and Caribbean and Black history. www.itzcaribbean.com   (248 words)

CARIBBEAN CULTURE It developed during colonial times, largely as a means of communication among African slaves in the French and British islands of the Caribbean. a community organization working to preserve, teach and present the arts and culture of Indo-Caribbean communities from Guyana, Trinidad, and Suriname living in the New York metropolitan and Tri-state area. CARIFESTA, the Caribbean Festival of Arts was conceived as a regional festival encompassing all the creative and artistic skills and energies of the member countries of CARICOM, the wider Caribbean, and people of the Caribbean abroad, wherever in the world they now live. www.silvertorch.com /c-culture.html   (440 words)

fUSION Anomaly. Hair Styles The Afro was never African (it was banned in Tanzania as a symbol of neo-colonialism), it was rejected by Rastafarians, and by about 1973 was mainly limited to the visual repertoire of funk music groups. punk for some British fashion followers in 1979, the flat-top took the place of the spiky crop to provide a vogue style comparable to the similar black 'Philly-crop' (prominent in hip hop culture) and the avant-garde geometric successors of the wedge (taken to extremes by the black model and singer Grace Jones in 1981). Inspired by appearance of pre-Second World War aesthetes, the flop is actually common to many British public schools, where it allows languid gestures - the tossing of the head, the flicking of the wrist - without offending against rules fusionanomaly.net /hairstyles.html   (2166 words)

African-Based Religions Orisha Consciousness Movement International is dedicated to the establishment of an orisha -worshipping community along the lines of traditional Yoruba forms; the hierarchical structure of Oyo headed by a divinely-inspired leader called the "Oba" being their model and inspiration. Egbe Lukumi's mission is to foster brotherhood among the Lukumi religious community and promote awareness of the Lukumi religion, its values, principles and tradition for the benefit of the members and society at large. The purpose of the Temple is to educate the community about New Orleans Voodoo and to dispel the myths and misconceptions associated with Voodoo since time immemorial. sparta.rice.edu /~maryc/AfroCuban.html   (2235 words)

The Dilema of Being Afro Caribbean in Britain's Schools Donna is one of a growing number of British parents of African-Caribbean origin who are enrolling their children in Caribbean schools. Children from the Caribbean are encouraged to stand up for principles and fairness and not back down where white British culture says, "Don't challenge, don't contradict, don't rock the boat". It has long been recognised that young British Afro-Caribbeans fail and are failed by the secondary (high-school) education system. www.caribvoice.org /Features/afrocarib.html   (2057 words)

Afro-Caribbean Immigrants: A Brief History According to the official site of Manitoba, "these three groups (the student, professional, refugee and exile groups) constitute the contemporary African community in Manitoba." Some fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution with the promise that they would be granted freedom for their service. The largest centralized community of blacks in Canada, however, is Preston. www.georgetown.edu /users/sgb25/immigr12.htm   (257 words)

Society Ethnicity African African-British ACFF - ACFF is an African British organisation which aims to raise the aspirations and achievments, academically, professionally and economically for people of African and Caribbean descent. The Chronicle is a cyber-store of African british experiences and a showcase of the skills and ideas Africans need for success at work, study, leisure, and community advancement. Gisters - A forum for the promotion of African-Caribbean businesses and organisations within the United Kingdom community and worldwide. www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/Ethnicity/African/African-British   (1319 words)

The British Theatre Guide: Afro-Caribbean Playwright Needed Artefacts and literature of the most graphic and shocking nature originating from the holocaust of African nations have to be given a contemporary resonance both within the local community and its young people. Firstly a writer from an Afro-Caribbean cultural background will be commissioned to write a play of 70 minutes or less in length, which will be toured in London to community venues and schools. Secondly the writer will work on a regular basis with young people from South East London to advise and inspire them to create their own dramatic material from the same body of research. www.britishtheatreguide.info /news/movingon.htm   (359 words)

African diaspora Info - Bored Net - Boredom See also: History of Africa, African American, British Afro-Caribbean community, Afro-Canadian The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and culture of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, in places including Europe, the Caribbean, North America including United States & Canada, South America, and Central America. The majority of the African diaspora are descended from people taken into slavery, but in recent years they include a rising number of voluntary emigrants and asylum-seekers as well. www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/a/af/african_diaspora.html   (96 words)

Short Bibliography Edwards, Joel 'The British Afro-Caribbean Community' in: M.Eden, Britain on the Brink, Nottingham: Crossway Books, 1993, 100-118. Howard, Vanessa A Report of Afro-Caribbean Christianity in Britain, Community Religions Project, Research Papers (NS 4), Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds, 1987. -------------------- 'The African Religious Diaspora in the United Kingdom', Paper presented to an International Conference: Religious Communities in the Diaspora held at the Theol. www.pctii.org /wcc/bibliography95.html   (354 words)

BBC News Health Daniel recovers after marrow transplant Blood donors among the British Afro-Caribbean community are so scarce that Daniel had only a one-in-120,000 chance of finding a suitable match - compared with a white person's one-in-five chance. His parents set up the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) in an attempt to raise the profile of the problem. Great Ormond Street said the trust had boosted the number of registered Afro-Caribbean donors from 500 to more than 10,000 with its celebrity-backed campaign. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/health/408836.stm   (417 words)

Encyclopedia Search -Caribbean community, and he sometimes thereafter billed himself as The...the first African- www.encyclopedian.com /search.php?searWords=Afro-American   (82 words)

Trade Agreements Historically a former British colony, Trinidad and Tobago belonged to the British Commonwealth and the African Caribbean and the Pacific Group of countries. Trinidad and Tobago is a member of The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM); this regional grouping was established on July 4th 1973 by the Treaty of Chaguaramas and has three objectives:- The aim of the ACS is to exploit opportunities and promote co-operation among its members in the areas of economic development, investment, trade, tourism, transportation and the environment. www.investtnt.com /cprofile/agree.htm   (263 words)

Community Resources - Black History The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of sixteen countries, founded in 1975. Black History - Caribbean +Black History - United Kingdom +Black History - United States +Civil Rights Writers The aims are to promote knowledge of Black History and experience, disseminate information on positive Black contributions to British Society, heighten the confidence and awareness of Black people in their cultural heritage.... emeagwali.com /links/blackhistory.html   (766 words)

Settling - The British Indo-Caribbean Community Thus in the wake of the African slaves there followed a traffic involving 'Coolie ships' from India, which carried Indian indentured labourers to replace African slaves on the Caribbean plantations. As bonded labourers, these poorly paid Indians were caught in a cycle of poverty and indebtedness to their employers and often, like their predecessors the African slaves, they were engaged in continuous resistance against their oppressors. Perhaps surprisingly, the experience of indentureship strengthened the resolve of the majority of Indians (approximately two-thirds) to remain in the Caribbean and make their homes there. www.movinghere.org.uk /galleries/histories/caribbean/Settling/indo_caribbean.htm   (766 words)

‘Federating the British West Indies:’ Jagan acknowledged that since the majority of persons in the British West Indies were African, there were those in the East Indian community who were afraid of joining the Federation since they believed that their community would be shut out of political and economic opportunities and power. The first article examines the background to the federal proposal that was ultimately adopted and implemented by the colonial authorities and assesses the initial responses of political leaders in both territories to the Federal proposals made by Britain and the Caribbean Labour Congress. The first article examined the background to the federal proposal that was ultimately adopted and implemented by the colonial authorities and assessed the initial responses of political leaders in both territories to several federal proposals. www.landofsixpeoples.com /news303/ns3071225.htm   (766 words)

Grade Five Social Studies - Heritage(Building a Nation:Immigration, Confederation, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Treaties, and the Wars) A group of African Americans immigrated to British Columbia from California. The clause that prevented African Canadians from belonging to the union was dropped. Canadians who immigrated to Canada are not always accepted by the people in the community. www.sasked.gov.sk.ca /docs/elemsoc/g5u24ess.html   (7511 words)

London Borough of Ealing: Diane Abbott to meet with African-Caribbean parents in Ealing African-Caribbean parents in Ealing will be getting the opportunity to put their ideas, thoughts and questions to Diane Abbott MP about their childrens' education at a special meeting organised by Ealing Council and African Caribbean organisations on Friday 27th February from 6.30pm at the Priory Community Centre in Acton. London Borough of Ealing: Diane Abbott to meet with African-Caribbean parents in Ealing · Diane Abbott became the first black woman ever elected to the British Parliament in 1987. www.ealing.gov.uk /News+in+Ealing/diane+abbott+meeting+.asp   (7511 words)

The Economy Belize is also a member of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) group of countries, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the British Commonwealth, the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and several other international agencies. Belize is also a signatory to the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the ACP and is a beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and the Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement, or CARIBCAN. Belize's current economic base dates back to the mid-20th century when there was a shift from the production of forestry products such as logwood, mahogany and chicle towards large-scale plantation-type agriculture with citrus and banana cultivation in the south of the country and sugarcane in northern Belize. www.belize.gov.bz /belize/economy.html   (799 words)

Shabaka Thompson Shabaka is the Director of the Yaa Asantewaa Arts and Community Centre and chair of the Association of British Calypsonians. Shabaka Thompson is a Cultural Activist and Social Engineer with over 25 years experiences of active work within communities especially the African and Caribbean communities. He believes in the power and strength of African and Caribbean culture to educate, edify and unite its people and to use art and culture as a mean of gaining respect from other diverse cultures. www.leeds.ac.uk /cath/events/2005/1103/abs/thompson.html   (326 words)

A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --A-- Or it may be an aid and technical co-operation agreement, as with certain North African and Middle Eastern countries; or a more comprehensive agreement with trade, aid, cultural and social dimensions, as with the African, Caribbean and Pacific signatories to the Lomé Convention. Europe Agreement s provide for gradual integration into the Community, mutual free trade within ten years and progress towards compatibility with Community law, within the framework of free elections, open markets and the rule of law. Sometimes contrasted with the Rhine model, the British and US economic systems are based on deregulation, free markets, labour flexibility, decentralised wage bargaining, low government involvement in the productive sector and widespread share ownership. www.euro-know.org /dictionary/a.html   (326 words)

BBC NEWS World Americas Country profiles Timeline: Jamaica 1509 - Jamaica occupied by the Spaniards under a licence from Columbus's son; much of the indigenous Arawak community dies off from exposure to European diseases; African slaves brought in to work on the sugar plantations. 1670 - Jamaica formally ceded to the British in accordance with the Treaty of Madrid. 1655 - Jamaica is captured by the British. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1191049.stm   (644 words)

The Bahamas - Foreign Relations As a former British colony, the Bahamas also was one of the African, Caribbean, or Pacific countries affiliated with the European Economic Community under the Lomé Convention (see Glossary). The Bahamas opposed the 1983 United States-Caribbean intervention in Grenada, labeling it a "premature overreaction," and declared that there should be no intervention in the affairs of other states. According to the 1973 Constitution, those born in the Bahamas to noncitizen parents may register for citizenship only at age eighteen or within twelve months of that birthday, provided that no dual citizenship is involved. countrystudies.us /caribbean-islands/124.htm   (644 words)

Theatre - French's Theatre Books List It traces the ancient and complex roots of African theatre — still in evident in community festivals and religious rituals — through the centuries of colonial domination, to the African diaspora and its manifestation in Caribbean theatre. Theatre and Empire looks at the genesis of the British national identity in the reign of King James VI and I. THEATERS OF INTENTION — Drama and the Law in Early Modern England. Acclaimed theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte reflects on the role and meaning accorded to the theme of sacrifice in Western cultures as mirrored in particular fusions of theatre and ritual. www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk /sf/Pages/theatre-bks-list/theatre.html   (644 words)

artplaces.org - The Drum Dedicated to developing and promoting contemporary art and culture of British African, Asian and Caribbean communities. The Drum is the National Centre for Black British culture and arts. Through it's various initiative The Drum, located in a former Bingo Hall in Aston, will continually strive to become a centre of National and International renown; firmly rooted within its local community. www.artplaces.org /content/schede/dettaglio.php?id=139   (644 words)

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