Remedying Silences- Living History, Archival Gaps & The Caribbean with Lia T. Bascomb

Welcome to Wandering Through Wisdom! My guest today is Lia T. Bascomb, an interdisciplinary black studies scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Georgia State University.

In this episode, we learn about Lia’s research into land ownership, freedom, and diasporic belonging in Barbados. We talk about her journey of exploring these issues by delving into her own family history.

How important is living history in remedying archival silences? How can rumour, community stories and family lore fill gaps that archival records simply cannot? And why is it so crucial for Caribbean people to do the work of excavating our past?