Most of the Panamanian population of West Indian descent owe their presence in the country to the monumental efforts to build the Panama Canal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Three-quarters of the 50,000 workers who built the canal were Afro-Caribbean migrants from the British West Indies. Thousands of Afro-Caribbean workers were recruited [...]
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An African-Caribbean Gazebo
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Afro-Caribbean Culture, Architecture, Gazebos, Mi Pueblito, Panama, Structures, Tourism on June 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
