by Blaire Santos | 20th November, 2023 | Blog 7: It’s a new day and a blank slate! His side of the closet is still full of dust. His shoes, his suits, his Joseph-coloured dashikis, his guayaberas, neat, ironed, and dusty. His side of the mattress is still dented, holding the imprint of his body…

The Caribbean was built on the backs of the enslaved and indentured labourers. I am sure that our ancestors had to be tough and aggressive in order to survive their rigorous daily routines and their militant enslavers. There is no doubt slavery has caused trauma which has been passed from generation to generation and continues…

BY JAMILLA MORGAN Okay. I know I made a big deal about how much I would hate for my children to forget what I will teach them about Jesus in my last post, but if they forget, it is not the end of the world. I am a firm believer in the saying that “while…

In modern day, it is evident across the Caribbean that aspects of varying cultures continue to be forgotten for many reasons including but not limited to globalization. In this post, I will be exploring the forgotten culture of East Indians in Belize. As someone who is half Creole and half East Indian, I often have…

by Blaire Santos | 13th November, 2023 | Blog 6: Memory only matters for the future Belize’s healthcare system is underfunded, understaffed, and often unable to meet the population’s healthcare needs. The system has encouraged brain-drain of the country’s most talented healthcare practitioners, which has led to a plague of medical negligence, leaving a trail…

Challenge the conventional wisdom that remembering is always superior, and make a compelling case for why forgetting can be a source of liberation and renewal, as it applies to your specific discussion of amnesia. Leila was in the rocking chair by my cousin’s room. She was grumbling about her brother Frank and the house he…

by Kelli-Rae Francis | Writing Prompt | November 20, 2023 Everyone has some past memories that haunt them. Whether it was a moment of embarrassment or a time they experienced something very traumatic. They would do anything to escape it. I understand that feeling. Trust me, I’ve had my fair share of trauma.  Thanks to…

BY JAMILLA MORGAN Both my parents are still alive, yet I’ve already inherited something – or rather someone – priceless from them: Jesus. Before you start to think, “Oh, there she goes again on another Christianity rant,”…well, I’ve got nothing. This is another “rant” about Christianity and Jesus and all things pure and holy. I…

Within the change that accompanies migration, conventional wisdom lauds the act of remembering as  a virtue, and an act of patriotism. Yet, within the nuanced narrative of linguistic and cultural amnesia experienced by my niece, there lies a paradoxical beauty in forgetting. The conventional narrative would cast her linguistic and cultural amnesia as a loss,…

Task: Write an opening sentence that pulls the reader and makes them want to read more. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be a liar, the biggest one of all time remains hidden inside of your head.