COMPETITION ON BH4SCHOOLS

Welcome to the first competition to be hosted by blackhistory4schools.com in association with Papillote Press.

Answer these questions and win a copy of Yet We Survive: the Kalinago People of Dominica. Our Lives in Words and Pictures.  Hardback and fully illustrated this book will be published in April 2007 by Papillote Press at £9.99.

This is what Professor Peter Hulme of Essex University has to say: "Most history books say that the indigenous population of the Caribbean has been extinct since the sixteenth century. As its title suggests, Yet We Survive shows that the Kalinago population of the island of Dominica is still alive and kicking in the twenty-first century.”

1. By what name are the Kalinago people also known?

a Arawak

b Hopi

c Carib

d Taino

2. Who changed the lives of the Kalinago people for ever?

a Christopher Columbus

b King Henry VIII

c George Bush

d Hannibal

3. What craft are the Kalinago famous for?

a weaving

b basketry

c stone sculptures

d feather boas

email your answers to bh4schools@googlemail.com with your name and address and the first correct answer will win a copy of the book.

#Posted 1 April 2007 at 3:44 PM

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