The East Indian Community in St Vincent
Left to Right: JUNIOR BACCHUS, CHERYL RODRIGUEZ & LENROY THOMAS Social Share By Dr Kumar Mahabir
ST. VINCENT in the Caribbean has a population of approximately 111,000 persons, consisting mainly of persons of African descent. There are small numbers of mixed persons of Carib and African origin, Europeans and East Indians (called Indians).
Indians form about 6,660 persons (or 6%) of the total population. Although Indians in St. Vincent are scattered in several villages, there are distinct areas where they are concentrated, namely Richland Park, Calder and Rosebank as well as Akers, Georgetown, Park Hill and Orange Hill.
Pan-Caribbean meeting sheds light on East Indian Community in St Vincent
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By Dr. Kumar Mahabir
In recent years, there has been both legal and illegal mass movement of people from China, Venezuela, and Haiti within and to the Caribbean. Is this recent wave of migrants a problem or opportunity for the receiving economies and societies?
This mass movement of foreigners would definitely have an impact on territorial identity, culture, race, politics, economy, labor, globalization, diaspora, and transnationalism
The following are highlights of a ZOOM public meeting held recently (13/12/20) on the topic “The Impact of Chinese, Hispanic & Haitian Migrants on Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname.”
The Pan-Caribbean meeting on the topic “The Impact of Chinese, Hispanic & Haitian Migrants on Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname was hosted by the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC). It was chaired by Devika Bipat and moderated by Prija Gopalrai, both young women of Suriname.
By Dr. Kumar Mahabir
Not many Indian parents in India and the Indian Diaspora are inclined to encourage their children to study the Arts, the Humanities, and Social Sciences. They prefer, instead, to influence their children to study Medicine, Law, and Engineering as a career.
The result is that there are proportionately few visual artists, stage performers, comedians, spoken-word poets, filmmakers, directors, and actors.
A ZOOM public meeting was held recently (10/1/21) on the topic “Films on Indo-Caribbean identity, culture, and heritage.” The Pan-Caribbean meeting was hosted by the Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC). It was chaired by Dr. Kirte Algoo of Suriname and moderated by Bindu Deokinath-Maharaj of Trinidad.