This history of the ethnic classification used in various Central American countries provides conceptual and historical background for understanding current systems of classification. It includes tables showing the ethnic composition of Central America during the colonial regime. (JDH)

Gives ideological guides for Black struggle: identification with African heritage, coalition and unity of Black organizations, social and institutional segregation, objective critical analysis of neo-colonial institutions, and revolutionary consciousness. (KG)

Reviews four theoretical models of race relations in the United States: the ethnic group model; the caste model; the colonial model; and, the Marxist model. (MK)

Examines the introduction and growth of state-supported schools in two German colonies in Africa, Kamerun and Deutsch Ostafrika, describes African reaction to and utilization of them, assesses, from the colonial perspective, why such schools were introduced and what they were intended to accomplish, and examines the reasons for their differential…

Addresses the legacy of Zimbabwe's missionary and colonial history; the postcolonial period; approaches to employment of people with disabilities; the impact of migration; and new developments throughout Africa and their implications for vocational rehabilitation. (SK)

Recent arguments have suggested that literacy in the Pacific does not give added status to vernaculars and that it should be discouraged, because it is not part of traditional cultures. This article disputes this interpretation, arguing that as these cultures have changed since colonial contact, literacy has been fully incorporated into many local…

The work of this Trinidadian novelist is an example of a body of literature with much to say to the analyst of social systems. The key concept underlying his work, 'the colonial' is analyzed here through non-fiction, novels, stories, and journal material. (Author/AM)

The authors examine how European hopes for a renewal of the Christian world through a return to an Earthly Paradise influenced their colonization of the new world. (Author/DE)

This famous Spanish explorer's journey through California is described along with a similar journey in 1976 designed to celebrate the Bicentennial. (DE)

Chronicles the life and philosophy of Frantz Fanon as he changed from a pseudo-Frenchman to an existential critic of European society to an anticolonial revolutionary. His development shows definite periods of ideological change and an intensity of belief in the philosophies he accepted and created at various times. (VM)

The notion of alienation as presented in the writings of Frantz Fanon needs a theoretical analysis which considers its economic, racial and political aspects. Marx wrote on alienation in a similar way portraying it as a self-fulfilling prophecy which is fraught with violence and dehumanization. (VM)

A history of Grenada is presented in this article. The U.S. invasion is analyzed in the context of the hardships and the economic crisis which dominated the region at that time. Revolutionary social process is necessary in the Caribbean, thus the "big stick" approach of the United States leads to hostility. (VM)