The Culture

Grenada has a unique culture that is a blend of African, French and English influences. The inhabitants, slightly more than 100,000, are mainly of African descent, and a minority are of European extraction. English is the uniformly recognized and spoken language, although some of the older people and those from the interior speak a patois that is a holdover from the French. Grenadians are soft-spoken and have a lilting Caribbean accent.

Many Grenadians, particularly shopkeepers and office personnel, are very formal and reserved when "on the job"; however, little pleasantries that we often forget in the hustle and bustle of life in more industrialized countries are often appreciated. Grenadians are not driven by the same frantic sense of time with which many of us are familiar; therefore, you will be much happier if you "go with the flow" and relax your busy day-to-day pace.