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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Ultra-endurance events in tropical environments and countermeasures to optimize performances and health

open access: yesInternational Journal of Hyperthermia, 2019
Physical performance in a tropical environment, combining high heat and humidity, is a difficult physiological challenge that requires specific preparation.
E. Hermand, C. Chabert, O. Hue
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploration of Inclusivity for Persons with Disabilities in Disaster Risk Management Planning at the National and Local Government Levels in Jamaica

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2018
The Small Island State of Jamaica is vulnerable to various natural hazards; as a result, it faces threats to its economy, infrastructure, property, and populace.
Barbara Carby   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

« Small is not beautiful » : la fragmentation politique de la Caraïbe [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
La géographie politique de la Caraïbe ne correspond plus à celle des années soixante. L'insularité, les cultures différentes, le colonialisme et la balkanisation en 23 territoires politiques ont fragmenté le monde antillais.
Sanguin, André-Louis
core   +1 more source

‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Electronic Cigarette Use Among Emerging and Young West Indian Adults

open access: yesEuropean Medical Journal Respiratory, 2017
Currently, evidence concerning electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in the West Indies is unavailable. This study examines the prevalence and associated factors of e-cigarette use in young Trinidadian adults, 6 years after e-cigarettes were introduced ...
Rayshell Dhandoolal   +10 more
doaj  

A cross-sectional study of isolates from sputum samples from bacterial pneumonia patients in Trinidad

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
We determined the frequency of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Gram-negative enteric bacteria (GNEB) in pneumonia patients, determined the antibiograms of these pathogens, and investigated the relationship ...
Nabeetha A. Nagalingam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

3073 Development and implementation of a faith-based community Health Advocate training programme for type-2 diabetes remission: A model for community-based non-communicable disease control

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2019
OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The aim of this study is two-fold (1) to include a participatory action research design in the development of a community-based health advocate (HA) training programme which empowers community members to support the Barbados ...
Kim Qumby   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Sinister Indian‐like Half‐circle’: Tennis, Orientalism and the White Racial Frame in the Twentieth‐Century British Sporting Press

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining sport alongside race, media and imperial power opens a rich field for understanding how macro‐level ideologies are shaped and circulated through everyday cultural forms. In twentieth‐century Britain, mass media framed and distributed narratives that rendered the empire's political realities intelligible to a broad public.
SOUVIK NAHA
wiley   +1 more source

Telecollaboration in Spanish as a Foreign Language in Trinidad

open access: yesIkala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, 2010
Objective: To study how participation in tandem partnership influences the motivation towards the target language and culture and the autonomy of learners of Spanish as a foreign language in Trinidad and Tobago.
Carolina Neva   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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