A boy flies in a balloon above the cane-- an image of escape that lands, unbelievably, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fiction offers us the feeling; history provides us the frame. Halifax as soon as provisioned the Caribbean sugar economy with timber and fish, then ended up being a waypoint to dignity: a safe haven for freedom hunters running away in the Underground Railroad. On the harbour's edge, Africville tells a harder truth-- neighbourhood, faith, and music forged under pressure, later on erased, still kept in mind. From that family tree came Barbadian migrations that changed Canada's culture and politics: believe Austin Clarke's prose, Cameron Bailey's cinema, and Senator Anne Cools's civil service-- doors opened, stories expanded. The Atlantic bridge runs both ways: rum and sugar north, fish and lumber south, and throughout it all, people bring memory.
Watch the teaser, then dive into the real Halifax-- Barbados connection.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Washington Black and Rogues In Paradise - Balloon over Barbados, Landfall in Halifax
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