The name “Haiti” was originally used by the aboriginals in reference to the island. Then the Spanish renamed the island Santo Domingo, and when in 1697 there was a division of the island and the French gained control of one third of it, they named their claimed lands Saint Dominique. The territory of Saint Dominique was later deposed and… Read more

Pictured below are vintage Jamaican images (1870 – 1890). Until the end of the 15th century, three different people lived in the Caribbean: the Ciboneys, the Taino Arawaks and the Karibs. It is to the latter that the region owes its name. Estimates concerning the size of the original population recorded vary from 300,00 to 6,000,000. The… Read more

The Baka/ Bayaka are another subgroup among the original inhabitants of the Equatorial Forest of Central Afrika. (pictured below is a vintage picture of Baka men from Cameroon/Gabon).