Episode Details

Whispers in the Cane: Caribbean History and Silent Resistance of the Seven Sisters

Season 8 Episode 11 Published 4 weeks ago

Description

In this episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris delves into Caribbean history and colonialism through a conversation with author Roderick Sargeant about his historical-speculative essay "Seven Sisters." The essay traces family genealogy and ancestral memory across Barbados' plantation landscapes, exploring themes of drumming, chanting, rhythm, and silence. They discuss how resistance and memory survive beyond written archives, emphasizing the importance of oral and embodied traditions in preserving culture.

Their storytelling sheds light on healing generational trauma and reconnecting communities to their heritage and family history. Join us to uncover powerful stories that enrich the understanding of Caribbean ancestry and the enduring legacy of colonialism.

BIO:

Roderick Sargeant is a Caribbean storyteller, welsarmedia creator, and historical thinker whose work explores the intersections of memory, land, and resistance across the Black Atlantic world. Through his creative platform, he engages historical narratives not only as records of the past, but as living, embodied experiences that continue to shape identity and belonging.

His work often blends historical fiction with speculative elements, creating space to examine what exists beyond the traditional archive, centering silence, rhythm, and the unspoken as powerful carriers of ancestral knowledge. In his piece Seven Sisters, Sargeant traces memory through the plantation landscapes of Barbados, offering a deeply reflective exploration of how resistance can be enacted through timing, presence, and restraint.

Grounded in a commitment to rethinking how history is told and remembered, his storytelling challenges conventional boundaries between history and imagination, inviting audiences to engage with the past in more intuitive, sensory, and expansive ways.

Link Seven Sisters

https://www.imigani.co/post/the-seven-sisters

Book:

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Roderick-Sargeant/dp/B0F3X5VTN9

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4NPN71Z?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1769867314&sr=8-2&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/welsar-books-979aba382/

https://www.instagram.com/welsarmedia/

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History Podcasts For Historians https://blog.feedspot.com/history_podcasts_for_historians/

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