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Miami Beach, Barbados. The culture of Barbados is a blend of West African and British cultures present in Barbados.English is the official language of the nation, reflecting centuries of British influence, but the Bajan dialect in which it is spoken is an iconic part of the Barbadian culture.
A music video directed by Daphne Oliveros was produced for the song (with an alternate, expanded version), and for which a radio edit was created. Both the full and radio edit versions of the song were included in the eponymous " Humanfolk " album, released in May 2011 by MCA Music ( Universal Music Group ).
Rupert Clarke (born September 10, 1975), best known by his stage name Rupee, is a soca musician from Barbados. [1] [2] He was born in the military barracks in Germany to a German mother and a Bajan father, who was serving in the British Armed Forces at the time.
Bajan is the Caribbean creole with grammar that most resembles Standard English. [2] There is academic debate on whether its creole features are due to an earlier pidgin state or to some other reason, such as contact with neighbouring English-based creole languages. [3]
Barbadians, more commonly known as Bajans (pronounced / ˈ b eɪ dʒ ən z / BAY-jənz), are people who are identified with the country of Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Bajan diaspora. The connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural.
The trickster Anancy (also known as Ananci, Ananse, Anansi, Ananci Krokoko, and Brer Nancy), with his quick-witted intelligence and his knack for surviving the odds, often through trickery, is popular in this genre of African-Caribbean folk-tale characters, although there are other West African influences in folklore characters, including the ...
Her latest album Caribbean Queen was released in 2010 and contains collaborations with Shaggy, Richie Spice, and Jah Cure, with whom she collaborated on the single "Team Up" in 2009. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] She continues to tour worldwide and has performed at many of the West Indian Carnivals and festivals including Reagge Sumfest , [ 4 ] and the West ...
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