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The fusion of cultures characteristic of the Caribbean is explored in the tiny island of St. Lucia where African musical and religious traditions co-exist with post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism. In... the new atmosphere of creativity Dunstan St. Omer has painted religious murals, Derek Walcott has become a world renowned poet and Luther Francois has recreated St. Lucian folk music in the jazz idiom. Noah Delaire, high priest of Kele, Hunter Francois, Minister of Education 1964-72 and Archbishop Kelvin Felix, all remind us that beneath the bizarre and unfamiliar surface, St. Lucia's unique culture is not difficult to explain, given the island's complex history.
The fusion of cultures characteristic of the Caribbean is explored in the tiny island of St. Lucia where African musical and religious traditions co-exist with post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism. In... the new atmosphere of creativity Dunstan St. Omer has painted religious murals, Derek Walcott has become a world renowned poet and Luther Francois has recreated St. Lucian folk music in the jazz idiom. Noah Delaire, high priest of Kele, Hunter Francois, Minister of Education 1964-72 and Archbishop Kelvin Felix, all remind us that beneath the bizarre and unfamiliar surface, St. Lucia's unique culture is not difficult to explain, given the island's complex history.
| Module code and title: | U204, Third world studies |
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| Item code: | U204; 15 |
| First transmission date: | 27-03-1983 |
| Published: | 1983 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:40 |
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| Producer: | Edward Milner |
| Contributors: | Father Anthony; John J. Figueroa; Hunter Francois; Kelvin, Archbiship Felix; Noah Delaire; Dunstan St Omer; Lennard John; Pat Charles |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | African; Culture; European; Kele; Language; Music; Religon |
| Master spool number: | HOU4246 |
| Production number: | FOUP128Y |
| Videofinder number: | 1251 |
| Available to public: | no |
