French Caribbean
Creole island territories
The French Caribbean refers to the Caribbean islands and territories under French sovereignty or cultural influence, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy.
The term encompasses both the geographic region and its distinctive Creole-inflected French culture, cuisine, and music: French Caribbean rum is among the world's finest.
Haiti, though independent since 1804, shares French Caribbean heritage.
- GuadeloupeFrench overseas Caribbean territory
- MartiniqueFrench territory, eastern Caribbean
- Creole cuisineLouisiana's multicultural food heritage
- JosephineWoman's formal name
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
tourism industry · indigenous resistance · abolition of slavery · transatlantic slave trade · Carnival · storytelling traditions · coconut palm · Saint Martin · sugar plantations · volcanic beaches · rum · palm · sugarcane · zouk · patois · hurricane · turquoise · spice
- Caribbean musiccalypso, soca, reggae, ska, steelpan
- French AmericaCajun, Creole, New Orleans, Acadian, Acadiana
- French CaribbeanGuadeloupe, Martinique, Robert, Saint-Pierre, creole
- HaitiHaiti, Port-au-Prince, Hispaniola, Haitian Revolution, vodou
- New FranceAcadia, Quebec, Montreal, Acadians, St. Lawrence
French CaribbeanJamaica
Caribbean island nation
Barbados · Puerto Rico · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Trinidad