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It is almost a century since hundreds of people headed for Cuba from British territories in the West Indies, looking for work in the country's sugar industry.
The town of Baragua, in the centre of the island, was transformed by their arrival.
They brought with them the English language and many British traditions, but when Cuba's Communist government came into power during the 1960s, life dramatically changed.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports on how are they managing to keep their traditions alive.
I have always been highly interested in this subject, because many of my family migrated to Spanish speaking countries as well!!
My family spread throughout all of the Americas. Different sisters came from Europe to Trinidad and the married different men and migrated all over. As a result I have distant family in places like Costs Rica, Belize, Brasil and Venezuela.
My family is from Guyana. I recently found out I have distant family in Dominican Republic. But there has been a mass influx of Portuguese in to the Caribbean and Anglo Phone countries in the turn of the 20th century. 70-80% of them came to Guyana from Cape Verde,Maidera, and Azzores.Some were from Brazil.There is sizable amount of Guyanse that have Brazilian ancestry especially if they are from interior and have Amerindian ancestry.Many Brazilians occupy Guyana today.There is also a lesser amount of Venezuelans in Guyana.
On the flipside there is a Guyanese population Venezuela some estimates the number to be from 55k to 100,000 .
There were many immigrants from places such as Jamaica and Haiti who were taken to Ecuador to work on building railroad tracks in the mid-to-late 19th century and many stayed there forever along with some Chinese immigrants who also moved and stayed there. There is for example, a famous now-deceased singer, Julio Jaramillo, whose ancestry has been partially traced to Jamaica. Ecuador is also about 7 to 8 percent black. That is, people who identify only as black (Think of Ecuador's national soccer team, those blacks) It also has about another 8 percent Montubio, or mixed-race, who may have partially black ancestry in them. There is also 72 percent who identify as "mestizo" or with partially White and Amerindian descent and from those there's no telling how many black admixture some of them might have. Jaramillo himself did not look like your typical black man, rather mixed-raced as your average Ecuadorian.
There were many immigrants from places such as Jamaica and Haiti who were taken to Ecuador to work on building railroad tracks in the mid-to-late 19th century and many stayed there forever along with some Chinese immigrants who also moved and stayed there. There is for example, a famous now-deceased singer, Julio Jaramillo, whose ancestry has been partially traced to Jamaica. Ecuador is also about 7 to 8 percent black. That is, people who identify only as black (Think of Ecuador's national soccer team, those blacks) It also has about another 8 percent Montubio, or mixed-race, who may have partially black ancestry in them. There is also 72 percent who identify as "mestizo" or with partially White and Amerindian descent and from those there's no telling how many black admixture some of them might have. Jaramillo himself did not look like your typical black man, rather mixed-raced as your average Ecuadorian.
I have heard that a lot of Jamacians went to Panama. I know there are many people from Trinidad that moved to Venezuela before (including people in my family), but now I heard that people from Venezuela at trying to move to Trinidad for work (which sounds strange to me).
There are numerous places where West Indians have migrated within Latin America. Where to start...
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I have heard that a lot of Jamacians went to Panama. I know there are many people from Trinidad that moved to Venezuela before (including people in my family), but now I heard that people from Venezuela at trying to move to Trinidad for work (which sounds strange to me).
There has long been movement between Venezuela and Trinidad - both ways. A lot of Trinis have Venezuelan roots. Just look at the Christmas music, parang, which has roots in Venezuelan parranda. The greats, like Daisy Voisin, tend to have Venezuelan parentage.
Trinidad is more stable than Venezuela so that's why people come over. Not sure why that is strange.
There are numerous places where West Indians have migrated within Latin America. Where to start...
There has long been movement between Venezuela and Trinidad - both ways. A lot of Trinis have Venezuelan roots. Just look at the Christmas music, parang, which has roots in Venezuelan parranda. The greats, like Daisy Voisin, tend to have Venezuelan parentage.
Trinidad is more stable than Venezuela so that's why people come over. Not sure why that is strange.
My family is from Trinidad. I the main reason I find it funny is that in most cases people from smaller places tend to want to move to bigger places and not the other way around. I do get the cultural influences each country has on each other due to people moving between the 2 places as I have people in my own family who have gone there to live a long time ago. As much as I do appreciate my Trinidadian roots... I got to say if I had to pick anywhere else in the world to move to I am not feeling that Trinidad would be high on my list in terms of finding great employment or other economic opportunity, safety and stability. Then again, my standards for these things are likely a lot higher based on where I currently live possibly compared to someone living in Venezuela right now.
I have always been highly interested in this subject, because many of my family migrated to Spanish speaking countries as well!!
These traditions are now dying out, and many of these descendants no longer speak English. A tragedy given that it is a globally dominant language, and its retention would help the employment prospects of many of these people.
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