Uncovering Bahamian National Identity: Exploring Culture and Creole Influences

Abstract

ENGL 300 Advanced Composition “National Identity and Bahamian Culture” [Name] Answer one of the following questions based on the article. Johnson asserts that pre-independence and immediate post-independence “emphasis on a black national identity…was a reaction against the peripheralization of black Bahamians in history texts or the Euro-centric representations of African civilization and Afro-Bahamians in those books where they were discussed.” Explain what he means by this statement, and the extent to which you agree (or disagree) with the assertion. (20 marks) In the text, Johnson makes a “plea for the examination of the influence of creole white Bahamians on the formation of an indigenous culture.” How, in your view, has this contribution been manifested? (20 marks) Assess the possible reasons for the failure of the Jumbey Village project, which was initiated in February 1973. (20 marks)