Saint Kitts & Nevis
Capital · Basseterre
The smallest sovereign state in the Americas — Brimstone Hill fortress standing over old sugar land, and Sugar Mas running through Christmas.
Saint Kitts & Nevis at a glance
- Capital
- Basseterre
- Region
- Eastern Caribbean · Leeward Islands
- Currency
- East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
- Languages
- English · Saint Kitts Creole
- Dialling code
- +1 869
- Status
- Sovereign nation
The African connection
Brimstone Hill, the 'Gibraltar of the West Indies', was built by enslaved Africans over a century. The last sugar estate closed in 2005, ending 350 years of the crop that brought their ancestors here.
Key dates for Saint Kitts & Nevis
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 Saint Kitts & Nevis 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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