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Religion
Main article: Religion in the Bahamas
The islands' population is predominantly Christian.[14][23]290 Protestant denominations collectively account for more than 70 per cent of the population, with Baptists representing 35 per cent of the population, Anglicans 15 per cent, Pentecostals 8 per cent, Church of God 5 per cent, Seventh-day Adventists 5 per cent and Methodists 4 per cent.291 There is also a significant Catholic community, which accounts for about 14 per cent.[148]292
Jews in the Bahamas have a history dating back to the Columbus expeditions, where Luis de Torres, an interpreter and member of Columbus' party, is believed to have been secretly Jewish.293 Today, there is a small community with about 200 members, according to census data, although higher estimates place this figure at 300.[149][150][151]294
Muslims also have a minority presence.295 While some slaves and free Africans in the colonial era were Muslim, the religion was absent until around the 1970s, when it experienced a revival.296 Today, there are about 300 Muslims.[152][151]297
There are also smaller communities of Baháʼís, Hindus, Rastafari and practitioners of traditional African religions, such as Obeah.[151]298
Education
Main article: Education in the Bahamas
According to 2011 estimates, 95 per cent of the Bahamian adult population are literate.299
The University of The Bahamas (UB) is the national higher education/tertiary system.300 Offering baccalaureate, masters and associate degrees, UB has three campuses, and teaching and research centres throughout the Bahamas.301 The University of The Bahamas was chartered on 10 November 2016.[153]302
Culture
Main article: Culture of the Bahamas
See also: Music of the Bahamas
The culture of the islands is a mixture of African (Afro-Bahamians being the largest ethnicity), British and American due to historical family ties, migration to the Bahamas of people freed from enslavement in the United States, and as the dominant country in the region and source of most tourists.[23]303 The Bahamian national identity is influenced by African heritage, its colonial past, and modern cultural traditions.304 Research shows that storytelling, festivals, and shared memories bring people together across the islands.[154]305 These traditions continue to shape how Bahamians view their nation and their communities today.[154]306
A form of African-based folk magic is practised by some Bahamians, mainly in the Family Islands (out-islands) of the Bahamas.[155]307 The practice of obeah is illegal in the Bahamas and punishable in law.[156]308
In the outer islands also called Family Islands, handicrafts include basketry made from palm fronds.309 This material, commonly called "straw", is plaited into hats and bags that are popular tourist items.[157]310
Junkanoo is a traditional Afro-Bahamian street parade of 'rushing', music, dance and art held in Nassau (and a few other settlements) every Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Independence Day.311 Junkanoo is also used to celebrate other holidays and events such as Emancipation Day.[23]312
Regattas are important social events in many family island settlements.313 They usually feature one or more days of sailing by old-fashioned work boats, as well as an onshore festival.[158]314
Many dishes are associated with Bahamian cuisine, which reflects Caribbean, African and European influences.315 Some settlements have festivals associated with the traditional crop or food of that area, such as the "Pineapple Fest" in Gregory Town, Eleuthera or the "Crab Fest" on Andros.316 Other significant traditions include story telling.317
Bahamians have created a rich literature of poetry, short stories, plays and short fictional works.318 Common themes in these works are (1) an awareness of change, (2) a striving for sophistication, (3) a search for identity, (4) nostalgia for the old ways and (5) an appreciation of beauty.319 Some major writers are Susan Wallace, Marion Bethel, Percival Miller, Robert Johnson, Raymond Brown, O.M.320 Smith, William Johnson, Eddie Minnis and Winston Saunders.[159][160]321
The best-known folklore and legends in the Bahamas include the lusca and chickcharney creatures of Andros, Pretty Molly on Exuma Bahamas and the Lost City of Atlantis on Bimini Bahamas.322
Symbols
Main article: Flag of the Bahamas, Coat of arms of the Bahamas
The Bahamian flag was adopted in 1973.323 Its colours symbolise the strength of the Bahamian people; its design reflects aspects of the natural environment (sun and sea) and economic and social development.[10]324 The flag is a black equilateral triangle against the mast, superimposed on a horizontal background made up of three equal stripes of aquamarine, gold and aquamarine.[10]325
The coat of arms of the Bahamas contains a shield with the national symbols as its focal point.326 The shield is supported by a marlin and a flamingo, which are the national animals of the Bahamas.327 The flamingo is located on the land, and the marlin on the sea, indicating the geography of the islands.328
On top of the shield is a conch shell, which represents the marine life of the island chain.329 The conch shell rests on a helmet.330 Below this is the actual shield, the main symbol of which is a ship representing the Santa María of Christopher Columbus, shown sailing beneath the sun. Along the bottom, below the shield appears a banner upon which is the national motto:[161]331
Forward, Upward, Onward Together.332
The national flower of the Bahamas is the yellow elder, as it is endemic to the Bahama islands and it blooms throughout the year.[162]333
Selection of the yellow elder over many other flowers was made through the combined popular vote of members of all four of New Providence's garden clubs of the 1970s—the Nassau Garden Club, the Carver Garden Club, the International Garden Club and the YWCA Garden Club.334 They reasoned that other flowers grown there—such as the bougainvillea, hibiscus and poinciana—had already been chosen as the national flowers of other countries.335 The yellow elder, on the other hand, was unclaimed by other countries (although it is now also the national flower of the United States Virgin Islands) and also the yellow elder is native to the family islands.[163]336
Media
Main article: Television in the Bahamas, List of newspapers in the Bahamas
Sport
Main article: Sport in the Bahamas
Sport is a significant part of Bahamian culture.337 Sailing is the national sport[164] and has been a part of the national culture for many years from its history of privateers and pirates to modern day yachting.338 Annually, there are about 35 annual sailing events in the Bahamas, divided into 18 senior regattas and 17 junior sailing competitions.[165]339
Cricket has been played in the Bahamas from 1846[166] and is the oldest sport played in the country today.340 The Bahamas Cricket Association was formed in 1936, and from the 1940s to the 1970s, cricket was played amongst many Bahamians.341 Bahamas is not a part of the West Indies Cricket Board, so players are not eligible to play for the West Indies cricket team.342 The late 1970s saw the game begin to decline in the country as teachers, who had previously come from the United Kingdom with a passion for cricket, were replaced by teachers who had been trained in the United States.343 The Bahamian physical education teachers had no knowledge of the game and instead taught track and field, basketball, baseball, softball,[167] volleyball[168] and association football[169] where primary and high schools compete against each other.344 Today cricket is still enjoyed by a few locals and immigrants in the country, usually from Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados corpus.345 Cricket is played on Saturdays and Sundays at Windsor Park and Haynes Oval in Nassau.[170]346 Whiles the main and only cricket grounds on Grand Bahama is the Lucaya Cricket Oval.[171]347
The only other sporting event that began before cricket was horse racing, which started in 1796.348 The most popular spectator sports are those imported from the United States, such as basketball,[172] American football,[173] and baseball,[174] rather than from the British Isles, due to the country's close proximity to the United States, unlike their other Caribbean counterparts, where cricket, soccer, and netball have proven to be more popular.349
Over the years, American football has become much more popular than soccer.350 Leagues for teens and adults have been developed by the Bahamas American Football Federation.[175]351 However, soccer, as it is commonly known in the country, is still a very popular sport amongst high school pupils.352 Leagues are governed by the Bahamas Football Association.353 In 2013, the Bahamian government has been working closely with Tottenham Hotspur of London to promote the sport in the country as well as promoting the Bahamas in the European market.354 In 2013, 'Spurs' became the first Premier League club to play an exhibition match in the Bahamas, facing the Jamaica men's national team.355 Joe Lewis, the owner of the club, is based in the Bahamas.[176][177][178]356
Other popular sports are swimming,[179] tennis[180] and boxing,[181] where Bahamians have enjoyed some degree of success at the international level.357 Other sports such as golf,[182] rugby league,[183] rugby union,[184] beach soccer,[185] and netball are considered growing sports.358 Athletics, commonly known as 'track and field' in the country, is the most successful sport by far amongst Bahamians.359 Bahamians have a strong tradition in the sprints and jumps.360 Track and field is probably the most popular spectator sport in the country next to basketball due to their success over the years.361 Triathlons are gaining popularity in Nassau and the Family Islands.362
The Bahamas first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.363 The nation has never participated in any Winter Olympic Games.364 Bahamian athletes have won a total of sixteen medals, all in athletics and sailing.365 The Bahamas has won more Olympic medals than any other country with a population under one million.[186]366
The Bahamas were hosts of the first men's senior FIFA tournament to be staged in the Caribbean, the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[187]367 The Bahamas also hosted the first three editions of the IAAF World Relays.[188]368 The nation also hosted the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games,[189] along with annual events Bahamas Bowl[190] and Battle 4 Atlantis.[191]369
See also
Index of Bahamas-related articles
Sources
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- Horne, Gerald (2012). "373 Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation".374 NYU Press.375
Further reading
General history376
Boultbee, Paul G. The Bahamas. Oxford: ABC-Clio Press, 1990.
Cash, Philip; Don Maples, Alison Packer. The Making of The Bahamas: A History for Schools. London: Collins, 1978.
Craton, Michael. A History of The Bahamas. London: Collins, 1962.
Craton, Michael and Saunders, Gail. Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992
Collinwood, Dean. "Columbus and the Discovery of Self", Weber Studies, Vol. 9 No. 3 (Fall) 1992: 29–44.
Dodge, Steve. Abaco: The History of an Out Island and Its Cays, Tropic Isle Publications, 1983.
Dodge, Steve. The Compleat Guide to Nassau, White Sound Press, 1987.
Miller, Hubert W. "The Colonization of The Bahamas, 1647–1670". The William and Mary Quarterly 2 no. 1 (January 1945): 33–46. . .
Wood, David E., comp., A Guide to Selected Sources to the History of the Seminole Settlements of Red Bays, Andros, 1817–1980, Nassau: Department of Archives
Economic history377
Block, Alan A. Masters of Paradise, New Brunswick and London, Transaction Publishers, 1998.
Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas in Slavery and Freedom. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1991.
Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783–1933. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1996.
Storr, Virgil H. Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.
Social history378
Collinwood, Dean. "Terra Incognita: Research on the Modern Bahamian Society", Journal of Caribbean Studies, Vol. 1, Nos. 2–3 (Winter) 1981: 284–297.
Collinwood, Dean. "Problems of Research and Training in Small Islands with a Social Science Faculty", in Social Science in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNESCO, No. 48, 1982.
Collinwood, Dean. "The Bahamas", chapters in Jack W. Hopkins, ed., Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Record, Vols. 1,2,3,4, Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986.
Collinwood, Dean. "Writers, Social Scientists and Sexual Norms in the Caribbean", Tsuda Review, No. 31 (November 1986): 45–57.
Collinwood, Dean and Steve Dodge. "Political Leadership in the Bahamas", The Bahamas Research Institute, No.1, May 1987.
Collinwood, Dean and Steve Dodge. Modern Bahamian Society, Caribbean Books, 1989.
Collinwood, Dean. The Bahamas Between Worlds, White Sound Press, 1989.
Collinwood, Dean and Rick Phillips, "The National Literature of the New Bahamas", Weber Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1990): 43–62.
Collinwood, Dean. "The Bahamas", in The Whole World Handbook 1992–1995, 12th ed., New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Curry, Jimmy. To the Rescue/First Bahamian Rap/Hip Hop Song. Royal Crown Records, 1985.
Curry, Jimmy. Filthy Rich Gangster/First Bahamian Movie. Movie Mogul Pictures: 1996.
Dodge, Steve, Robert McIntire and Dean Collinwood. The Bahamas Index, White Sound Press, 1989.
Johnson, Wittington B. Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834: The Nonviolent Transformation from a Slave to a Free Society, Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 2000.
Saunders, Gail. Bahamas Society After Emancipation. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1990.
Saunders, Gail. The Social Life in the Bahamas 1880s–1920s. Nassau: Media Publishing, 1996.
Shirley, Paul. "Tek Force Wid Force", History Today 54, no. 41 (April 2004): 30–35.
External links
from UCB Libraries GovPubs (archived 10 December 2012)
The Bahamas from the BBC News
Key Development Forecasts for The Bahamas from International Futures
Maps of the Bahamas from the American Geographical Society Library
The Nassau Guardian newspaper, 1849–1922, at the Digital Library of the Caribbean.
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