creole

a language that has its origin in extended contact between two language communities, one of which is generally European. It incorporates features from each and constitutes the mother tongue of a community

Creole

1. in the Caribbean and Latin America

a. a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry

b. a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole

c. a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa

2. (in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry

3. the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans

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During this period, white Creoles sought to preserve this triracial system, but eventually the difficulty of retaining their ethnocultural and racial identification as white Creoles was rendered incompatible with the AngloAmerican binary standard of whiteness as biological purity.

American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race

Exploring the early history of Suriname, Norval Smith argues that the creoles of Suriname are an ideal test case for researching cross-linguistic influence because of the early removal of English, extended absence of another socially dominant language, comparatively early onset of the plantation economy and marronage, and an abundance of early documents.

Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund

Kid Creole, or rather "Mr Darnell" as he is described by the lady who answers his phone in Sweden, says: "I think that must have been the Hammersmith Odeon."

Kid's ready to bowl them over; From the big stage to a bowling club... the journey goes on for Kid Creole and the Coconuts. DAVID WHETSTONE talks to one of music's most colourful stars ahead of this year's !Vamos! festival

Other highlights will include a Mexican-themed Mardi Gras parade on Northumberland Street on Saturday, June 6 and ticketed events like Kid Creole & The Coconuts' concert at Summerhill Bowling Club on Saturday, June 13 and a beach party in Tynemouth on the same day.

Vamos Festival 2015: All you need to know about the Newcastle and North Tyneside event; Kid Creole & The Coconuts are the headline act but how do you get tickets and what else is on? We've got all the details

"We're extremely excited about our line-up for this year, and we're delighted to have Kid Creole and the Coconuts hosting our Summer Evening Party on Saturday June 13."

Kid Creole to headline Vamos festival

Wynnie Lamour is an educator and translator who teaches Haitian Creole in the New York City metro area.

"Haitian is my language": a conversation with Franketienne

Featuring full-color photography on virtually every other page, New Orleans Classic Creole Recipes From Favorite Restaurants lives up to its title with an array of fifty sumptuous recipes of authentic Creole cuisine, provided by popular local restaurants.

New Orleans Classic Creole Recipes From Favorite Restaurants

There, where the White River flows, Our frank Creolity pours forth: The Chiefs face is august, Agamemnon's proud mask of gold, Bredas in his fief, Creole, Not in narrowness--no!-- In beautiful universality.

By Course and Discourse

If you choose to take on the journey of reading this book, you may be surprised to find yourself in liminal spaces of the "in between." The space I refer to is one between French, Creole and English; between the stage and the page; between resistance and empowerment; and between Guadeloupe and Martinique.

A review of Theater of the French Caribbean; Traditions and Contemporary Stages