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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on April 1, 1994. The length of the article is 8632 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: The experience of West Indians in Costa Rica in the first decades of the twentieth century was marked by instances of racism and intolerance. The West Indian immigrants were English-speaking Protestants of African descent, and they found themselves in a Hispanic country that distinguished itself as a white settler society in Central America. West Indians were discriminated against by their Hispanic neighbours, United Fruit Companyofficials, and the Costa Rican government. Tension increased as the banana industry faltered and the world economy declined in the 1930s. This article examines the reaction of West Indian community leaders and the Costa Rican government to the proliferation of African-influenced religious sects in Limon during the 1930s. The sects were a source of division within the community and a target of discrimination by Hispanics. The article looks at the rise in popularity of the sects and studies some of the reactions to the heightened profile of the religious groups. Hysteria is shown to have replaced common sense after the local press alleged that the sects committed all sorts of atrocities. The government's response was to arrest and attempt to deport suspected practitioners. The local West Indian elite, mindful of the tenous footing the community had in Costa Rica, joined in the condemnation of and attacks against the dissident religious groups. The increased popularity of African-influenced religion was not just a passing episode in the history of the West Indian community in Costa Rica. It was part of a larger social malaise that marked a turning point in the relationship between the West Indian minority and Hispanic majority in Costa Rica.

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Title: Ethnicity, religion and repression: the denial of African heritage in Costa Rica.
Author: Ronald N. Harpelle
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1994
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: v29Issue: n1Page: p95(18)

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