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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2025 · 31 MIN

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, Jab Jab, and African influence on Carnival

from The Know Your Caribbean Podcast

Drawing on the observances from writer Charles Day, we look at the beautiful traditions of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, in the 1850's and how illegal slave trading assisted in African cultural preservation in Carnival, and so much more. Link to Charles Day's book - Five Years Residence in the West Indies : https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsreside02daygoog/page/n269/mode/2up?view=theater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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