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Grenada’s Carnival is full of African history, resistance, and the some of the world’s best parties
['Esta Isla', 'Opens The Puerto Rico Film Festival', 'Velvet Classic', 'Repeating Islands', 'At Pamm', 'The Jiménez Twins Reimagine Afro-Cuban Spirituality Through Art', 'Marie Nadine Pierre']
Repeating Islands
The night after J’ouvert, the pinnacle of Grenada’s annual carnival, I cried and cried.
This weekend, Londoners will celebrate Notting Hill Carnival, a multi-cultural evocation of Caribbean heritage maintained by their large West Indian immigrant community.
But on the ground for Grenada’s carnival – dubbed Spicemas for the island’s trove of nutmeg, mace, cloves, and cinnamon – that legacy of rebellion is inescapable.
The term Jab Jab itself comes from the French term for devil.
Though Grenada’s Jab Jab is distinct, it’s a ritual that spans the West Indies, where Caribbeans marched to say, “You think I’m a Black demon?
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