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What happens to the stories of people whose lives are never recorded?
In this deeply moving conversation, Jenny Janif and Esteban Espinoza explore how poetry and storytelling can preserve history, honour those who came before us and give voice to experiences that might otherwise disappear.
Jenny reflects on her multicultural upbringing in Fiji, her family’s history of indenture and blackbirding, and her move to Aotearoa after Fiji’s 1987 coup. She also discusses Fiji Indian identity and using creative expression to confront racism, colourism, inequality and social injustice.
Esteban traces his creative journey back to Chile’s 1973 military coup, when his family was separated, and poetry became a way to express, resist and heal. He shares why he writes about people whose suffering and lives may never otherwise be remembered, and how his mother’s community activism has shaped his work.
Together, they reflect on migration, identity, oral tradition, ancestral wisdom and our responsibility to pass these stories to future generations.
As Esteban reminds us, podcasts are a new form of storytelling—helping preserve the voices, memories and human experiences that time might otherwise take away.