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  A display of rich multiple cultures, an exhibition of similar, yet different artifacts characterized the much anticipated Taste of Afro Caribbean Festival (Haiti Meets Ghana), held at the Gold Coast, Accra Ghana. The well attended event succeeded in showcasing Ghanaian, Haitian, and Caribbean culture on one platform. It also …

In Caribbean nations with substantial populations of West African origin, such as Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico, plantains, cassava or yams are mashed with other ingredients. In Cuba, the dish retains its original African stem name, termed simply as fufú or with added descriptive extensions like fufú de plátano or fufú de plátano pintón. On other major islands, fufú goes by the names of mangú in …

The Garifuna people, descendants of Carib, Arawak and West Africa have always fought for their place, cultural identity and heritage since the 1800s against colonial rule and discrimination. They fought to survive when the slave ship transporting them got wrecked at sea. When they settled at St. Vincent in the …