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The term Anglophone Caribbean is used to refer to the independent English-speaking countries of the Caribbean region. Upon a country's full independence from the United Kingdom, Anglophone Caribbean traditionally becomes the preferred sub-regional term as a replacement to British West Indies.

The independent island-nations that are considered as Anglophone Caribbean include:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Dominica (predominantly Antillean French Creole-speaking)
• Grenada (some Antillean French Creole speaking)
• Jamaica
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia (predominantly Antillean French Creole-speaking)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago

Anglophone Caribbean may sometimes also refer to the independent English-speaking countries considered regionally as the "Mainland Caribbean". These include:

• Belize, once known as British Honduras.
• Guyana, once known as British Guiana.

Sometimes, it also includes the current Caribbean British overseas territories, however they are usually just referred to as the "British West Indies," and they include:

• Anguilla
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Montserrat
• Turks and Caicos Islands

The Anglophone Caribbean can also include:

• Bermuda
• Sint Maarten
• Saba
• Sint Eustatius
• U.S. Virgin Islands

Bermuda is often excluded from the term "Anglophone Caribbean" due to its location in the North Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Virgin Islands and the English-speaking islands of the Dutch West Indies, although in the Caribbean, are often excluded due to their lack of a British colonial heritage. Because it was not the goal of the Dutch to impose their culture on the Dutch West Indies,^{[citation needed]} English is predominant and is an official language (along with Dutch) in St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius.

The Anglophone Caribbean makes up a composite cricket team that successfully competes in test matches and one-day internationals. The West Indies cricket team also includes the South American nation of Guyana, as another former British colony. Bermuda, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the English-speaking Dutch West Indies also participate in Anglophone Caribbean-related activities such as 20/20 Cricket.

[edit] See also

• Anglophone
• Anglo America
• British West Indies
• Caribbean Community
• Caribbean English
• French Caribbean (for other parts of the Caribbean)

[edit] Further reading

• U.S. Library of Congress - The Commonwealth Caribbean