Caribbean

The Caribbean is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands.

Because of a history of European colonization and immigration, the Atlantic slave trade from Africa, and indentured servitude from Asia, the modern Caribbean is one of the most ethnically diverse regions on the planet.

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A Small Place
A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Black Cake
Annie John
Breath, Eyes, Memory
The Book of Night Women
In the Time of the Butterflies
A House for Mr Biswas
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Lucy
The Mermaid of Black Conch
How to Say Babylon
Here Comes the Sun
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Gone upon a quest, Reservoirs like jewels far As emerald ogled.
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