Sylvia Wynter's Dream

BY JAMILLA MORGAN I was there for the food – guava jam on diagonally sliced white bread with the crusts cut off and Tang. Yummy! That part came later. Now I had to sit and wait but I wasn’t worried. The food never usually ran out and I was with my friends. I was sitting…

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…