Caribbean Report 17-04-1992

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorHolder, Jean (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorKoning, Hans (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBeckles, Hilary (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Patricia (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRansome, Debbie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBuchan, Janey (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-10T18:16:01Z
dc.date.available2014-10-10T18:16:01Z
dc.date.issued1992-04-17
dc.description.tableofcontents1. This report focuses on the observance of the quincentennial anniversary of Columbus’ arrival in the Caribbean (00:00-00:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The question of how should the anniversary be observed is one of the central points under discussion. Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are looking to market the occasion as a tourist attraction (00:34-01:38)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Caribbean Tourism Organization is charged with coordinating a regional tourism marketing drive aimed at getting maximum earnings from the anniversary. President Jean Holder makes it clear that the organization’s business is to market the Caribbean as a tourism destination and would leave the debate of historical significance and what it represents to indigenous peoples to institutions that are better able to handle it (01:39-02:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. American based author and historian Hans Koning opposes this view saying that using the occasion as a springboard for commercialism would shift the focus away from the debate surrounding the Columbus legacy (02:41-03:59)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The Head of the History Department of UWI, Dr. Hilary Beckles, believes that the Caribbean is still grappling with the question of how best to mark the occasion with some favouring celebrations and others reflections on the horror that was unleashed upon the Caribbean as a result of the Columbus mission (04:00-06:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Caribbean Organization of Indigenous Peoples will not be celebrating the quincentennial anniversary of Columbus’ arrival to the West Indies. One of its members, Patricia Fraser of St. Vincent comments (06:04-06:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Hans Koning, in his interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome, advocates for a rewriting of the history books to reflect certain aspects of Columbus’ voyage which may blemish his record (06:44-09:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Dr. Hilary Beckles gives support for the argument being made for reparations. Reference is made to his article, “Columbus and the Temporary Caribbean Dispensation” in which he argues that, “Columbus as an emissary was the carrier of an economic and political virus to which the people of the Caribbean are yet to develop an immune response” (09:11-11:20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Janey Buchan British member of the European Parliament marks the celebration as five hundred years of oppression and shows her support by launching a tee shirt campaign in her hometown Glasgow, with a slogan that reads, “1492 Columbus discovered America? When was it ever lost?” Hugh Crosskill reports (11:21-13:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. The report ends with Jean Holder admitting that the debate has somewhat dampened the CTO’s plans to mark the Columbus quincentennial anniversary (13:37-14:18)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR0995en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/39115
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshColumbus Quincentenary, 1992-1993en_US
dc.subject.lcshHeritage tourism -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHolder, Jean S.en_US
dc.subject.lcshKoning, Hansen_US
dc.subject.lcshBeckles, Hilary, 1955-en_US
dc.subject.lcshIndigenous peoples -- Violence against -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshColumbus, Christopher -- Atrocitiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshReparations for historical injustices -- Americaen_US
dc.subject.lcshReparations for historical injustices -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshColumbus Quincentenary, 1992-1993 -- Scotland -- Glasgowen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Tourism Organization
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Organization of Indigenous Peoplesen_US
dc.subject.otherFraser, Patriciaen_US
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Tourism organization (CTO)en_US
dc.subject.otherBuchan, Janeyen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 17-04-1992en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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