Who
As
we have seen in the last chapter, human beings can be divided into only three
“races”: Africans, Asiatics, and Europeans. More than any other “race,”
Africans have been associated with Carnival. Indeed, Carnival is the ultimate
pan-African festival.
The continent of Africa is the original
homeland of Africans. However, it is also the original homeland of all human
beings, and it is the cradle of all human civilization. Even though civilization
was invented in Africa, it clearly belongs to all human beings. The same can be
said of Carnival to some extent. However, as we look around the world today,
wherever we find a good Carnival, we will find that Africans have left their
influence in a very special way.
If there had not been any Africans in
Trinidad and Tobago, there would not have been a Carnival as we know it. What
about those people from Trinidad and Tobago who are not Africans; have they
contributed anything to “we thing”? Well, most assuredly they have. Europeans
of French extract and East Indians have added to the festival and helped to
make it what it is today.
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