A House that Could Walk


A House as Metaphor for Barbados. Barbados itself is a belongings home of sorts-- a small island that declined to stay where the world tried to position it. It got its identity and shifted it through centuries of upheaval:
• Amerindian origins
• English colonial rule
• African survival and reinvention
• The plantation era
• Emancipation.
• Migration.
• Education.
• Independence.
• Republic.
At every turn, the island adjusted without losing itself. That is the belongings house spirit.
Movement without rooting out.
Strength without rigidness.
Identity that takes a trip but does not fade.

A RoguesCulture Series of the Schedule: Rogues in Paradise.


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