The Corn Islands Virtual Library

Corn Islands Anansi Story: Mister Toad and the Party in Heaven

To conserve the authenticity of the story, this text includes some words and grammatical expressions that are from the Corn Islands Caribbea...

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A long time ago, when Corn Island was quiet and sparsely populated—before there was electricity or many churches—people spoke of a strange l...

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The Ebenezer Baptist School of Corn Island was founded by Reverend Edward Kelly in 1852. He was the first person interested in promoting edu...

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Before 1945, education in the Corn Islands was entirely in standard English. Education was first introduced on the islands in 1852, when Rev...

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