Product Description

In "What Happen" the people of Costa Rica's Talamanca Coast talk about everything important to them - how they came from the islands of the Caribbean to the unpopulated shores where they founded the communities of Cahuita and Old Harbour (Puerto Viejo); the survival skills, values and customs that sustained them; shipwrecks, snake doctors, cricket, and cocoa farming; and the uncertain future of their communities as tourism develops on the lovely coast that is their home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1533302 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

The Lonely Planet
...(a) wealth of oral history, culture and social anthropology...well worth reading.

Quince Duncan, El Negro en Costa Rica
Paula Palmer has done her work brilliantly...It is a major contribution to race relations in this country.

The Tico Times
...the beautifully-told history, dreams, and legends of the Talamanca coast people.