Guadeloupe
Capital · Basse-Terre
Gwoka drumming, now UNESCO-listed, carries the memory of the plantations into every Guadeloupean protest and every Saturday night léwòz.
Guadeloupe at a glance
- Capital
- Basse-Terre
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · French overseas department
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Languages
- French · Antillean Creole
- Dialling code
- +590
- Status
- Territory or overseas department
The African connection
France abolished slavery in 1794, Napoleon restored it in 1802, and Louis Delgrès blew himself and his men up at Matouba rather than return to it. Abolition came for good in 1848; Delgrès is remembered every May.
Key dates for Guadeloupe
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
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 Guadeloupe 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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