The early years of CARIFESTA were captured from the Newspaper clippings collection sourced from The National Library of Guyana. The CARIFESTA collection currently covers information emanating from all the CARIFESTAs held to date. The Collection is supplemented by contributions from the Directorate of Human and Social Development through its Culture desk which liaises with the various Directors of Culture in the region and with the Secretariats of the Host Country.
The Collection includes consultants’ and country reports, articles extracted from magazines, correspondence, press releases, information leaflets, presentations at Symposia, programmes, various CARIFESTA themes; posters, photographs and newspaper clippings.
]]>Date of Membership in CARICOM: 4 Jul 1999
Also Known as:NA
Status of Independence:Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom
Area: 102 km2/(35 mls2)
Capital City: The Valley
Population: 13,477 (2006)
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Highest National Award: NA
GDP: $765EC million (2012)
GDP per Capita: EC$41,666 (2006)
4th Century AD – Saladoid Amerindians settle on island
1650 First colonized by Britain
1656 Attempted invasion by Caribs
1796 Attempted invasion by France
1825 Developed close association with St Kitts
1967 St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla becomes a state and gains internal self-governance which sparked off the Anguilla Revolution
1969 Invasion by Britain after James Ronald Webster leads break away movement from St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Association
1980 Official separation of Anguilla from the Associated State of St. Christopher-Nevis
1982 New Constitution