The Inclusive Museum Conference, August 2-5, 2012

 

Dominica Tour 2013

Adventure Weekend is here again from Friday January 18^th to Monday January 21^tst 2013, 3 days and 3 nights on Dominica, The Nature Island and includes 3 nature walks, the Carib Village tour with lunch, exploring Roseau on Market Day, Saturday the 16^th, and meeting and interacting with the locals. We take care of all the details. Space is limited so book now.

Crop Over Exhibition: From Leaves to Beads

 

The 8th Annual African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference

Barbados is hosting The 8th Annual African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) Conference at the Llyod Erskine Sandiford Centre from September 17-19, 2012. Visit the ADHT website to learn more!

Dr. Marcia Burrowes :Losing Our Masks: Masquerade and Changing Concepts of Barbadian Identity

Dr. Marcia Burrowes, Lecturer in Cultural Studies, UWI Cave Hill Campus delivers the NCF Crop Over Heritage Lecture entitled "Losing Our Masks: Masquerade and Changing Concepts of Barbadian Identity" at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society on June 14, 2012.

Watch now [extract]

Mary Prince is made a National Hero(ine) in Bermuda

Mary Prince, "author" of one of the only (auto)biographical slave narratives by a Caribbean woman, is made a National Hero in Bermuda... but she lived in several Caribbean territories before finally living in England when her story was transmitted by Abolitionists in the early 19th Century. 


During a ceremony two days ago, Mary Prince, the daughter of slaves born in 1788 at Brackish Pond in Devonshire, now known as Devonshire Marsh, was pronounced a National Hero of Bermuda...

Learn more at Mary Prince made a National Hero. 

Jodensavanne and Cassipora Cemetery, Suriname

Jodensavanne and Cassipora Cemetery --

The First Autonomous Jewish Settlement in the Americas

The first mention of Jewish colonists arriving in Suriname goes back to the beginning of the seventeenth century in the 1630s, but clearly confirmed is that Jews came to Suriname in the 1650s from Barbados with the English Governor-General for the West Indies Lord Francis Willoughby of Parham. Some sources note that Willoughby invited most of them to strengthen the plantation economy. Jews might also have come to Suriname from the Pomeroon settlement, in what was the Dutch colony of Essequibo (today, the Republic of Guyana). While the exact demographic make-up of the Jews who settled Suriname may be debated, it is certain they were not a homogenous group.

images: Historic Bridgetown Receives Its World Heritage Inscription

images: Historic Bridgetown Receives Its World Heritage In...: A great moment in the history of Barbados took place this afternoon, June 13th at our Garrison Savannah, as we witnessed the island's first World Heritage Inscription Ceremony. The importance of these areas of our island to the smooth and profitable functioning of the British empire and the strategic importance of Barbados as the first port of call for ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean is now recognised as enshrined in the ancient layout of the city, medieval in origin and yet New World in purpose and evolution...

The Barbados Advocate - It’s official!

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison is now an official UNESCO World Heritage Property

 

Check out The Barbados Advocate - It’s official!

Talking History -- Jamaica's Premier Radio History Programme

Listen to this radio programme hosted by Prof. Verene Shepherd from Jamaica. Her programme highlights discussions about Caribbean history and heritage. She also has a special segment dedicated to the CXC syllabus. Listen Online Now! Listen every Saturday morning...

Visit: Talking History Facebook

Old Barbados - Bridgetown.avi

Invitation: The Official Inscription Ceremony for Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison