The Island Martinique
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N 14° 26.255 W 060° 52.831
20P E 728490 N 1597175
Martinique is an island in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department.
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Location: Martinique
Date Posted: 02/15/2013
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As an overseas département of France, Martinique's culture blends French and Caribbean influences. Many Martinicans speak Martiniquan Creole, a subdivision of Antillean Creole that is virtually identical to the varieties spoken in neighboring English-speaking islands of Saint Lucia and Dominica. The official language is French.
Most of Martinique's population is descended from enslaved Africans brought to work on sugar plantations during the colonial era, generally mixed with some French, Amerindian (Carib people), Indian (Tamil), Lebanese or Chinese ancestry. Whites represent 5% of the population. (
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About "The Island Martinique": "In this compelling travel memoir, two-time PEN/Faulkner Award winner John Edgar Wideman explores Martinique's seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed history of colonial violence and racism. Attempting to decipher the strange, alluring mixture of African and European that is Creole, he and his French traveling companion develop a powerful attraction to one another which they find at once threatened and elevated by a third party—the island itself. A rich intersection of place, history, and the intricacies of human relations, Wideman's story gets deep into the Caribbean and close to the heart of the Creole experience." (
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The coordinates were taken at the beautiful Sainte-Anne cemetery which is sitting atop a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Sainte-Anne, Martinique.