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Rhyners Record Shop is a music store in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded in 1938 by Hilton Rhyner, who ran the store until his death in 1981. It is now run by his daughters Yvonne and Diana Rhyner. It was originally located at 54 Prince Street in Port of Spain until it closed 2006, and is now located at Piarco Airport duty-free shop, in ...
Trinidad and Tobago literature has its roots in oral storytelling among African slaves, the European literary roots of the French creoles and in the religious and folk tales of the Indian indentured immigrants. It blossomed in the 20th century with the writings of C. L. R. James, V. S. Naipaul and Saint Lucian -born Derek Walcott as part of the ...
From shell midden, Mt Irvine Bay, Tobago, 1957. Human settlement in Trinidad dates back at least 7,000 years. The earliest settlers, termed Archaic or Ortoiroid, are believed to have settled Trinidad and Tobago from actual Venezuela at northeastern South America around 4000 BC. Twenty-nine Archaic sites have been identified, mostly in south ...
Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians or Indian-Trinidadians and Tobagonians are people of Indian origin who are nationals of Trinidad and Tobago, whose ancestors came from India and the wider subcontinent beginning in 1845 during the period of colonization. Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians are a subgroup of Indo-Caribbeans, which is a subgroup of ...
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians (or just Afro-Trinbagonians) are people from Trinidad and Tobago who are of Sub-Saharan African descent, mostly from West Africa. Social interpretations of race in Trinidad and Tobago are often used to dictate who is of West African descent. Mulatto - Creole, Dougla, Blasian, Zambo, Maroon, Pardo, Quadroon ...
Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed the " Soca Warriors", represents the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in international football. It is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, which is a member of CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean ...
1881 – Canboulay Riots (Trinidad, later part of Trinidad and Tobago) 1884 – Hosay Riots (Trinidad, later part of Trinidad and Tobago) 1884 – Cincinnati riots of 1884 (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) 1885 – Rock Springs massacre (Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States) 1885 – Tacoma riot of 1885 (Tacoma, Washington, United States)
v. t. e. The People's Democratic Party was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago formed in 1953. Under the leadership of Bhadase Sagan Maraj it contested the 1956 General Elections, capturing 5 of 24 elected seats in the Legislative Council and 20.3% of the vote. In 1957 it joined the Federal Democratic Labour Party and later co-founded the ...