Creole:
(plural: ‘Creoles‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ in this word is said with a ‘k’ sound)
present day Creole beauties
a person of mixed European and African blood;
a person of pure European blood born in West Indies or parts of Spanish America (and Louisiana, USA);
a descendant of a freed slave resettled in West Africa;
a slave born to the slaves in the Americas, not brought directly from Africa,
Louisiana Creole people
Originally a Creole, a person of colour, was a person that descended from French,Spanish or Portuguese settlers in the West Indies and Latin America in the fifteenth century.
In the present usage, a Creole is a person belonging to an ethnic group that originated from within people of different origins.
Fred B. Kniffin, a noted Louisiana historian, in his book, “Louisiana: Its Land and People”, has mentioned that the term Creole includes people of mixed blood, a dialect of French, a breed of ponies, a particular way of cooking, a particular type of house, and several other things, and has advised readers that ‘creole’ is not a word that should be limited to only one particular definition.
‘Creole’ is also used to refer to a kind of food item, a spicy sauce with tomatoes onions and pepper, e.g. a shrimp creole, creole cuisine, etc. For a shrimp creole recipe, please click here.
