Getting more in depth with the Bahamas

     As I have spoken in my last two posts about the Bahamas, the Bahamas is probably my number one favorite to talk about out of all the other countries in the Caribbean. The population today has more than 330,000 people living in the Bahamas. 85% of those people are of African descent. Most people that live in the Bahamas speak English as English is their primary language. There is another language that is spoken mostly by immigrants that came from Haiti. This language is called French Creole. The Bahamas is located off the east coast of Florida which is located in the U.S. and the northeast of Cuba. As the Bahamas is an island, it's encircled by sandy beaches and shallow seas.

    As I explained some of it in my last blog, https://jordysweeklyblog.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-history-of-bahamas.html, the first place that Christopher Columbus discovered was an island on the southeast side of the Bahamas. He renamed this San Salvador Island. Later on, the Bahamas became a welcome party for the Europeans. Different countries claimed it through time but in 1629 the Bahamas were officially claimed by the British empire. The United Kingdom held the Bahamas until 1973 which was the independence day of the Bahamas. 

    After the Bahamas had gained their Independence, they had joined the commonwealth which was a constitutional, parliamentary democracy. The leader of the Bahamas is a prime minister. The government has a(n) House of Assembly and an appointed Senate. They also have a judicial system that includes the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. In the Bahamas, there are two major political parties. One is known as the Free National Movement and the other major political party is the Progressive Liberal Party. Even though the Progressive Liberal Party leans more towards the left, they are actual centrist which I find very interesting. Another thing that also interests me is that the Free National Movement are also centrist! How interesting is that? 

    Electricity in the Bahamas is imported from different places since the Bahamas is an Island. They are imported resources such as liquefied natural gas or petroleum. The Bahamas gets most of its goods from the United States. The other counties they trade with would be some like France, Turkey, and Panama, or even Japan! They import major products like mineral fuels or equipment for transport. For the educational system, school goes from age 5 to 16 and is not required to pay. Most schools in the Bahamas are run by the government but are private. The college of Bahamas was made in 1974 located in Nassau. This college offers two and four-year degrees but only to a certain number of people.

    For social life in the Bahamas, they have different classes for the economy. This includes Low-class, middle-class, and upper-class. The Upper class includes professionals, corporate managers, and even citizens that are not from the Bahamas. This class included some Americans and Canadians, white Bahamians, and Britons. The middle class is small business owners and corporate managers that are in the lower levels. The lower-class are farmers, fishermen, and others who do low-status work. The lowest is just people that do not have jobs and live in the least dreamed-of part of the Nassau metropolitan area. Some don't even have their diploma for highschool. 

The Bahamas will always be something I look forward to writing about no matter what my blog really is. I really enjoy writing about the Bahamas and letting everyone know my opinion of it. 

    Sources

“Bahama Islands.” Countries and Their Cultures, www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Bahama-Islands.html.

“Government and Society.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/place/The-Bahamas/Government-and-society.

“Bahamas.” The Virtual Caribbean Library, ggccaribbean.wpengine.com/listing/bahamas/.