Strictly Facts: A Guide to Caribbean History and Culture
Episodes
Haiti: The Legacy of the First Black Republic with Dr. Yveline Alexis
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Formerly known as Saint Domingue, Haiti is the world's first Black republic and the first indepe...
Post-emancipation Migrations in the French Caribbean with Dr. Philippe Zacaïr
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.In a similar fashion to other Caribbean islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Haiti remained in close ...
The History of Jewish-Caribbean Connections in the Caribbean with Ainsley Henriques
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Jewish life in the Caribbean extends as far back as the fifteenth century with Jewish-European migrat...
Calypso: The Original Music of the Caribbean with Meagan A. Sylvester - Music Sociologist.Author.Researcher
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Originating in the nineteen century, calypso is a genre of Caribbean music that can be traced since s...
The History of the Garifuna: Indigenous Legacies in the Caribbean with Dr. Paul Joseph López Oro
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.The Garifuna are an Afro-indigenous community native to Saint Vincent who, in the late eighteenth...
The Aftermath of the Panama Canal with Dr. Khemani Gibson
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Following the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, some West Indian migrants returned home, but al...
The History of Papiamentu/o in the Dutch Caribbean with Keisha Wiel
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.The Caribbean is rich with diversity, including our languages. In this episode, Keisha I. Wiel joins ...
Happy First Birthday Strictly Facts!
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.This week we're celebrating Strictly Facts's first birthday! This brief episode is a massiv...
The History of Jamaica's Maroons with Chief Richard Currie
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Maroon populations across Latin America and the Caribbean have a unique history of self-emancipation ...
Celebrating the Holidays in the Caribbean
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.It is indeed the most wonderful time of the year with family and traditions bringing us together for ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands: The History of Danish and US Colonialism with Dr. Hadiya Sewer
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Made up of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands has...
The History of Belizean Culture and Migration with Dr. Nicole Ramsey
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Formerly known as British Honduras, Belize's culture has evolved from a series of Black and indi...
The History of the Panama Canal: Reconsidering Race and Borders with Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.The Panama Canal was envisioned as a waterway to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans hundreds of ...
The Life and Legacy of the Steppin' Razor: Peter Tosh
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Rastafari reggae musician and activist Peter Tosh (1944-1987) was born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Wes...
The History of the Dutch Caribbean Islands with Dr. Margo Groenewoud
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.We have many differences in the Caribbean, namely language, but also many similarities. In this week&...
Puerto Rico's Long Fight for Independence with Nina Vazquez
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Puerto Rico is one of America's remaining colonies after being ceded to the U.S. by Spain in 189...
Colonial Connections: Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Turks & Caicos
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Did you know Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Turks & Caicos used to make up the Colony of Jamaic...
The History of West Indians in Canada with Dr. Marlene Gaynair
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.With both Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean connections, Canada is one of the foremost locations o...
The West Indian Federation (1958-1962) with Dr. Patsy Lewis
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Before many of the formerly British Caribbean territories became independent nations, they attempted ...
Caribbean Festival Culture: The History behind the Fete with Shauna Rigaud
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Caribbean carnival is one of the region's most famous annual celebrations comprised with lively ...
Big People Tings: Claudia Jones
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Our second "Big People Tings" highlight is Trinidadian Marxist, Black Feminist writer and p...
Let's Chat Caribbean Literature with Desiree C. Bailey
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Caribbean writers have undoubtedly left their mark on history. In this episode, we talk with author...
Caribbean American Migration
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month with us this June as we journey through movements of Cari...
Big People Tings: Walter Rodney
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts."Big People Tings" is a new continuing series where we highlight an individual Caribbean ch...
The History of Indian Indentureship in the Caribbean with Cristine Khan
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.The Caribbean is made up of a number of ethnic groups, mostly as a result of colonialism between the ...
Review Session: Our Voices. Our Histories.
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Class is in session! For this very brief episode, we recap major themes and takeaways from our first ...
A History of Caribbean Style with Lauren Baccus
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Traditional or folk style and dress in the Caribbean has a long, intricate history that differs acros...
Caribbean Languages with Dr. Joseph T. Farquharson
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Dialects, creoles, patwa/patois, there are so many names for languages spoken in the Caribbean. Carib...
A Brief History of Caribbean Religion with Dr. Aliyah Khan
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Religion is an integral part of Caribbean history and culture, some of which were introduced as a res...
The History of Caribbean Immigration
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.This episode of Strictly Facts charts just some of the connections between the Caribbean and its dias...
The Geography of the Caribbean with Melanie White
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Caribbean geography is often defined by the Caribbean Sea, but our historical and cultural borders go...
The Caribbean Oral History Tradition
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Kicking off Black History month, this episode discusses the importance of oral storytelling in the Ca...
Introducing Strictly Facts
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text message and tell us your thoughts.Strictly Facts: A Guide to Caribbean History and Culture is a podcast and educational platform that a...