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This blog will explore the ideas and relevant media surrounding creolization in English-speaking Caribbean countries. The Performing Caribbean Within Tour de Force , there are many examples of creolized cultural components in the English-speaking Caribbean. The main aspect that instantly makes one like myself go "Ooooo that's pretty interesting to know!" is that of the performance nature. Whether still, heard, moving, perceived, or uniquely expressed, the "Performing Caribbean" [as I call it] is clothed in creolization and modern expansion of those ideas. I will be focusing on two aspects of the performing Caribbean represented within the text.  Music A Look Into Jamaican Music: Reggae, the midpoint of the musical culture Photo of Bob Marley Performing (Photo taken from  https://jamaicansmusic.com/learn/origins/reggae ) The authors of Tour de Force  depict Reggae as a basis for Rastafari dialect and Jamaican patois representations within lyrics alongside more ...

This blog will explore the ideas and relevant media surrounding one of the major themes of Tour de Force, creolization. Defining Creolization Within the text, the term creolization , also known as “ syncretism ,” is considered as the blending of cultural aspects and/or traditions from other regions (such as African or European) for a unique, novel cultural product. While defining this, the text references examples of creolization such as in language. The Sugar Plantation in Haiti (Photo taken from https://voxeurop.eu/en/blame-it-on-france/) Kreyol (which is also known as Haitian Creole) is a common example of creolized language. It is known as broken French, described as a blend of French and other languages spoken in Haiti, and was developed as a product of contact between French colonists and the persons enslaved to work the sugar plantations.   Like language, music evaluated in the Caribbean, though unique to each country in its ways, is a collective of influences from aro...