Diaspora · Eastern Caribbean · Windward Islands

Grenada

Capital · St George's

The Spice Isle — nutmeg on every corner, Jab Jab devils covered in oil and molasses, and the ruins of a revolution the world would rather forget.

🇬🇩 St George's
The essentials

Grenada at a glance

Capital
St George's
Region
Eastern Caribbean · Windward Islands
Currency
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Languages
English · Grenadian Creole
Dialling code
+1 473
Status
Sovereign nation
The thread back

The African connection

Jab Jab — from the French *diable* — is the island's rawest Carnival tradition: bodies blackened with used engine oil, chains carried deliberately, a direct and unsubtle reference to slavery.

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Key dates for Grenada

The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.

Feb 7Independence DayFrom Britain, 1974
AugSpice MasJ'ouvert opens with Jab Jab
Oct 25Thanksgiving Day
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Diaspora meets diaspora

AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.

If you are from Grenada and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.

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