Cultural Representation And Social History In The West Indies.

In west indies, cricket is something that. To appreciate west indies cricket is to know the islands’ history of slavery, colonialism, migration and the plantation economy, and then the cultural forms through which. The west indies have achieved some.

This Paper Considers Three Calypsos Composed About The Cricket Scene At Various Times (1950, 1965 And 1987), Examining These And The Periods They Reflect As Representations.

The windies who dominated the game for almost two. Until the year 1950, england and australia hardly took the west indies as a serious member of the test cricket fraternity. This book, historical, informative and educational, documents the history of west indian cricket through these calypsoes, from constantine and headley to ramadhin and.

Cricket Was An Instrument Of Colonialism For The Whites And Was Very Much Seen In Imparting English Aristocratic Values To The Blacks.

This unique documentary encapsulates the journey of west indies cricket from the glorious 70s era to the present times of destitution. Among the numerous anecdotes and historical documentations, are rare (copyrighted) photographs of the 1928 west indies team, the first official test side, learning. The purpose of this study is to examine the reasons as to why the west indies cricket team has appeared to decline and has done so at such a rapid rate.

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We are treated to the history of west indies cricket, a list of male and female cricketers, and profiles of both cricket legends and prolific cricket calypsonians. Once hailed as the kings of the international cricket, the mighty west indies are a mere shadow of their glorious past.