Talk:Carriacou and Petite Martinique
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Kariakoo is now part of Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. In earlier centuries it was a village, from where slaves were forced to go overseas, as from thousands of other African villages. Kariakoo is mentioned in Ebony, the great book by Ryszard Kapuscinski on Africa and his experiences there. See for example: http://www.takimsholidays.com/coast/daressalaam.asp
Is there a historic relationship between these two places, that would explain their similar names? Were slaves from Kariakoo shipped to Carriacou, giving the island the name of their home village?
- An interesting hypothesis. If you want to include it in the articles Carriacou and Kariakoo you are going to have to find an authority on the subject who believes that there is a connection between the two names. Wikipedia is not a venue to display original research or theories, except on your user page of course.
- -JCarriker 23:48, May 21, 2004 (UTC)
There is no relationship between Kariakoo and Carriacou, even though the name suggests so. The first settlers, the Amerindians appropriately referred to Carriacou as the 'Land of Reefs'. For a deeper historic explanation check the following page : http://www.paradise-inn-carriacou.com/carriacou_history.php
