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My Nephew hipped me to this interesting connection recently .

The link between the Kalabari culture and Jamaica, and Calabar school a now prestigious high School in Jamaica , some family members attended this school.

Kalabari tribe

The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Originally, they were known as the Awesome. The name Kalabari was derived from their ancestor Perebo Kalabari who was a son of Mein Owei. Their original settlement was spelt as Calabar by the Portuguese which was pronounced Kalabari. This settlement was abandoned as the people moved to other fishing settlements. Portuguese settlers continued to maintain the name Calabari which became surrounded by the Efik people of Duke town. When the British came the word Calabari was pronounced as Calabar instead of Kalabari. At this time the original Ijoid Kalabaris had moved to a new location which became the new Calabar territory since the old Calabar is occupied by different people. Old Calabar became an Efik town with time which has the name Calabar. The Kalabari are a sub-group of the Ijaw people living in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Originally, they were known as the Awome. The name Kalabari was derived from their ancestor Perebo Kalabari who was a son of Mein Owei. Their original settlement was spelt as Calabar by the Portuguese which was pronounced Kalabari.

Calabar High School is an all-malesecondary school in Kingston, Jamaica. It was established by the Jamaica Baptist Union in 1912 for the children of Baptist ministers and poor blacks, and was named after the former slave port Calabar, in present-day Nigeria. It has produced at least five Rhodes Scholars, and is respected for its outstanding performance in track and field.[1]

The Taíno were one of many indigenous peoples of the Caribbean islands. They lived on the islands we now call Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the northern Lesser Antilles. Many people are the descendants of the historical Taíno and still identify as such.

The Taíno and other groups who spoke languages also from the Arawakan language family and developed a unique culture on the islands. They moved up from coastal South America using shore-hopping boats.

Taíno society was divided into two classes: nitaínos (nobles) and naborias (commoners) and were rules by caciques. The ruling was done by males, but Taíno observed a matrilineal system of kinship and inheritance. Like many other matrilineal societies, the primary male parental figure was the maternal uncle.

Taíno people often lived in a large, circular communal housing space and slept on hammocks. In fact, they invented hammocks, now a common item and essential on ships. The word barbecue is also a Taíno invention, from the barbacoa style of cooking. Other Taíno words now commonly used in English include kanoa (canoe), tabaco (tobacco), and juracán (hurricane).

An important cultural event was batey, a game using a rubber ball in a rectangular court. They were open to men and women, often used as conflict resolution, and occasionally the subject of wagers and gambling.