OUR AFRICAN HERITAGE As a means of maintaining absolute control, the slave masters tried to destroy every aspect of African cultural, social and religious traditions, and impose a Eurocentric value system on the slaves.
Everything African was perceived as being heathen, backward and evil. In spite of these attempts to destroy an entire culture, some aspects of African culture have survived.
Today the African influence is still present in music, dance, food, religion, language, handicraft and place names in Trinidad and Tobago.
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