| | | Martinique Society and Culture directory As an overseas "département" of France, Martinique's culture blends French and Caribbean influences. Following traditional French custom, many businesses close at midday, then reopen later in the afternoon. The official language is French, although many Martinicans speak Antillean Creole. Mostly based on French, Martinique's Créole also incorporates elements of English, Spanish, Portuguese, and African languages.  |
| Wikipedia - Martinique - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture. |
| Portals to the World: Martinique - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/h... Annotated directory of selected online resources provided by the Library of Congress, USA. |
| Zananas Martinique - http://www.zananas-martinique.com/en-... Historical and current information about the island. With overview of available sportive leisures. |
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Latest News| France Antilles news website launched
- le blog de [moi] writes about the launch of a new, daily news website for the French Antilles[fr], Â featuring the latest from Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyane: “What joy! Â Yes, pure and simple joy, because it was really ridiculous not to use [the internet] at a time when everything is going digital, if only for the [...]
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:51:12 +0000
| | Martinique: California's Proposition 8 ‘a violation of civil rights. Period.'
- From Martinique, le blog de [moi] discusses Proposition 8[Fr], a proposed amendment to the California constitution that would prohibit same-sex marriage and is expected to pass in a referendum on Tuesday.  She writes that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is a “violation of civil rights.  Period,”  and points out that California recognized marriage [...]
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:58:49 +0000
| | Haiti, Martinique: Remembering
- kiskeácity remembers two influential Caribbean icons.
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:16:35 +0000
| | Jamaica, Martinique, Trinidad & Tobago: Lighting the Way
- Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp is still processing the news of Aimé Césaire's death: “For if the goal of any life is freedom, then Aimé Césaire was a light”…while Caribbean Free Radio remembers a podcast she did with “Césaire intoning, in his impeccably enunciated French, against a musical background, the first few verses of his epic [...]
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:47:54 +0000
| | Jamaica, Martinique, Trinidad & Tobago: Césaire Passes On
- Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp acknowledges the passing of Aimé Césaire, calling him “a poet honored throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights”, while Caribbean Beat Blog says: “It is with heavy heart we say goodbye to this son of West Indian soil and thank him for his never-ceasing fight against colonialism.”
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:38:14 +0000
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