Episodios

  • The Story of the Soucouyant and the Loogaroo

    The Story of the Soucouyant and the Loogaroo
    Oct 31 2023
    She fall sunder many names, from the Boo Hag in the Carolinas, the Old Higue or Ole Haig in Guyana, Asema in Suriname, Soucouyant in Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Martinique, Guadeloupe and more, even Louisiana. But who is she? Let's hear some stories about the elusive Soucouyant, closing off the episode with a a powerful story of resistance

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    25 m
  • Junkanoo Jam Session Part Two - The Bahamas

    Junkanoo Jam Session Part Two - The Bahamas
    Feb 6 2023

    In our second instalment of the Junkanoo Jam series, we take a look at Junkanoo in the Bahamas.(see Jamaican Junkanoo in part 1) The largest Junkanoo parade in the world, glitzy, glamorous, large and in charge. But what are the fundamentally African roots of Junkanoo in The Bahamas? Let's see where underneath the gold and glitter are sparks of resistance.




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    18 m
  • Obeah, Mermaids and Magic

    Obeah, Mermaids and Magic
    Jan 20 2023

    Touching on many topics, from how descendants of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean worshipped Mami Wata/ Mama Dlo, danced the 'Calenda' and Bele, and how rain was conjured out of nowhere in the heights of droughts.


    Excerpts from the book 'Obeah and Witchcraft in the West Indies' by Hesketh J Bell.


    Featured Kalinda music by : Red Drum Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMwyhjknOAk


    Bele Music from Martinique by : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslellMtIz8&t=464s


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    52 m
  • Life in a Slave Market in New Orleans

    Life in a Slave Market in New Orleans
    Jan 20 2023
    A podcast minis ode, extending from our love story series, where enslaved people came from the Caribbean to New Orleans, what was it like in the slave markets. Some things you may never imagine being heard or said.

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    9 m
  • Junkanoo Jam Session Part One - Jamaica

    Junkanoo Jam Session Part One - Jamaica
    Dec 1 2022

    Junkanoo is an African centred festival found across many areas in the Caribbean, Central America and even parts of the USA. Found specifically during Christmas time, like much of our masquerade it is rooted in resistance, African spiritual and cultural practice and anti-colonial intent. Dying in some areas and flourishing in others. For part one of our Junkanoo Jam Sessions we head to the root of Junkanoo - Jamaica. Here we uncover the history and spiritual significance of a dying Jamaican Christmas time culture.



    Kenneth Bilby Essay:


    https://brill.com/view/journals/nwig/84/3-4/article-p179_1.xml?language=en


    Featured Junkanoo music:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJ_iy_79d8


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    39 m
  • Bad Gyal Stories - Women in Resistance Post Emancipation

    Bad Gyal Stories - Women in Resistance Post Emancipation
    Oct 31 2022
    Celebrating the unknown and uncelebrated histories of women and resistance in the Caribbean. Emancipation and the apprenticeship period was not a 'lighter' version of enslavement for many as we were made to believe. How did Caribbean women resist? Find out here.

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    23 m
  • Resistance and Revenge in the Caribbean

    Resistance and Revenge in the Caribbean
    Oct 1 2022
    Contrary to popular belief, acts of resistance occurred across the Caribbean during the era of slavery. This episode features 4 stories of revenge from two Caribbean islands, an insight into enslaved African spiritual beliefs, and how revenge was a bittersweet response to slavery.

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    46 m
  • The History of Black Mermaids in the Caribbean and Southern USA

    The History of Black Mermaids in the Caribbean and Southern USA
    Sep 15 2022
    A mini episode to introduce the discussion of Black Mermaids and African Spirituality in the Caribbean

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    15 m