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Barbadians, more commonly known as Bajans (pronounced / ˈ b eɪ dʒ ə n (z)/ BAY-jənz) are people who are identified with the country of Barbados, by being citizens or their descendants in the Bajan diaspora. The connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural.
Barbados ( UK: / bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs / bar-BAY-doss; US: / bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs / bar-BAY-dohss; locally / bɑːrˈbeɪdəs / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.
The island was an English and later a British colony from 1625 until 1966. Sugar cane cultivation in Barbados began in the 1640s, which saw the increasing importation of black slaves from West Africa. Several black slave codes were implemented in the late-17th century which resulted in several slave rebellion attempts, however none was ...
A-Bo. Culture of Barbados. Barbados. Culture Name. Barbadian. Alternative Name. Bajan. Orientation. Identification. Barbadians are people born on Barbados and people born elsewhere who have at least one Barbadian parent and maintain cultural ties to the nation.
Barbadians or Bajans are people from the Caribbean island of Barbados. They can live on Barbados or live in another country. Diaspora. Many Bajans now live overseas and outside of Barbados. Most have moved to English language countries.
Nov 30, 2011 · Freedom was celebrated with over 70,000 Barbadians of African descent taking to the streets and singing local folk songs. Following Emancipation, many Barbadians took advantage of the excellent free English-based education system in Barbados. Some stayed working the sugar cane fields, while others gained prominent office jobs.
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of full or partial Barbadian heritage. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island [2] 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents [3] and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. [4]
