🇹🇹🌍 Trinidad and Tobago’s Diversity – The World in Two Islands Trinidad and Tobago’s diversity began long before independence. The first settlers were Arawakan and Cariban peoples from South America. Centuries later, Spanish, French, and British colonizers layered their cultures atop an Amerindian base. Africans brought during the transatlantic labor system shaped the islands’ rhythm and language. After 1834 emancipation, British planters imported workers from India under indenture between 18