Oral history interview with Carrington Lloyd Buddoo

Carrington Lloyd Buddoo, known as Lloyd Buddoo, talked extensively about Jamaica, including the country's history, living and working conditions, education, government, geography, growing up under the British colonial system, and how things changed after independence. Buddoo spoke in detail about his parents and siblings, the disciplinarian in the family, living and growing up in rural Jamaica and the tight knit community, the fruits and vegetables grown by his family, his parents' work and skills, the schools and colleges he attended, his family's religious traditions as Seventh Day Adventists, family traditions, and extended family history, including the origin of his last name "Buddoo" and his grandfather's East Indian traditions. Buddoo also talked about teaching in Jamaica, immigrating and sponsoring relatives to come to the United States, where he worked when he arrived in the United States, applying to and attending Howard University, life in Jamaica versus life in the United States, working as a taxicab driver, his wife and children, why he decided to go to law school, working for Clarence Thomas at Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, his thoughts about Jamaican culture and the culture's influence on other communities, Rastafarianism, his music interests including Bob Marley, holiday celebrations, importance of Jamaican organizations, his thoughts on Jamaican posses, immigration law and discrimination, and disciplining his children. Carrington Lloyd Buddoo was interviewed on January 30, 1993. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for the most part.