The Rogue Washinton Black - Balloon over Barbados, Landfall in Halifax
Fiction raises us skyward; history asks what occurs when our feet touch ground. Halifax's shift-- from supplier to the sugar isles to haven for the hunted-- is proof that locations can change their function. Africville, born of exclusion and abundant in neighbourhood, remains a compass. Into this space came Barbadian migration: ward nurses and teachers, writers and pianists, public servants and athletes. Oliver Jones, Joe Sealy, Cameron Bailey, Anne Cools, Andre De Grasse-- each a waypoint on a longer journey to belonging. Enjoy the teaser and find out about Africville and the Underground Railroad. Barbadian identity