Milkey's Blog

    History of Haiti        From 1697 on, the western part of the island was French, and the eastern part was Spanish. Haiti became one of the wealthiest of France's colonies, producing vast quantities of sugar and coffee, depending on enslaved Africans to provide the labor. Inspired by the message of the French Revolution, the enslaved Haitians rose up in revolt  in 1791, and after decades of struggle, the independent republic of Haiti was officially proclaimed in 1804. O nly 1804 after 500,000 slaves revolted, Haiti became the first black republic to declare independence. But for years of political corruption, violence, and a debilitating annual hurricane season have turned Haiti into one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean. On January 12, 2010 a magnitude earthquake hit the country, there were more than 230,000 people that were killed. A year later, more than one mi...

                                                                  History of Jamaica The original inhabitants of Jamaica  are believed to be the Arawak's, also called Taino's. They came from South America 2,500 years  ago and named the island Xaymaca, which meant ““land of wood and water”. The Arawak's were  a mild and simple person by nature. The Arawak's led a quiet and peaceful life until they were  destroyed by the Spaniards some years after Christopher Columbus discovered the island in  1964.  The Jamaica invasion took place in May 1655. During the 1654 to 1660 Anglo- Spanish war,  when an English expeditionary force captured Spanish Jamaica. Jamaica was conquered by Spain. It  is an English colony from 1655. It was captured by English from Spain, and a British colony from...

                                                                 Jamaica         Jamaica is the largest island in the Caribbean. It is a unique country. They have a mixer of races, for example; Africa, North South America, and Asia. Together all cultures bring parts of their world to Jamaica. The best time to visit Jamaica is the high season, which starts from December through march. Travelling may cost hundred for single and three hundred for couples, and family probably five hundred plus depending on the amount of people travelling.           Jamaica has some beautiful places you can visit for instance Reach falls, The Green Grotto Cave, Dunn's River and park , Bamboo Raft. First, Reach falls can be found on an uphill and it has beautiful water...

            My name is Milkey. I am a freshmen is college. I am 19 years old. I was Born is west Africa,  Ghana. Moved to united state about 6 years ago. I moved here with my two older brothers. Living in the united state has been such a great experience. I am a very shy person but I love to perform on stage.  And Dancing has helped to come out of my shells. Contemporary dance is my type on favorite dance  because I do not like expressing myself, so when I dance it helps to get it out. so I show my expressing  through dance.            Also I love doing jazz, and Afro beat. It always brings me joy. My family love to dance and is  something that always bring joy and happiness whenever we meet. I learnt that when you are sad, you  should not listen to sad music because it makes you more sad. so what I do is listen to Afro music  because it makes my spirit have a better feeling and not be sad abo...