Sebastian Eduardo Pèrez Parry discusses the history, legacy and future of the Welsh in South America and, of course, Y Wladfa in Patagonia — Sebastian’s homeland.

Bruce Chatwin wrote beautifully about Y Wladfa in his travelog, 'In Patagonia'. Beyond Chatwin’s wonderfully eccentric search for the origins of a mysterious object believed to be dinosaur skin, his writing captured something far deeper: the impassioned search by our Welsh ancestors for a place to live freely and preserve their language, culture and identity — far from the Anglicising pressures and conformity of the British Empire.

Established in 1865, Y Wladfa — the Welsh settlement of Patagoni ...