Podcast
Dis a Fi Mi History Podcast: Explore Caribbean Ancestry & Culture
Episodes
- Decoding Kin: Genealogical Bioinformatics Solves Family Mysteries
How can DNA testing, artificial intelligence, and genealogical bioinformatics uncover family secrets hidden for generations? In this episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host We…
- Crown & Code: The Politics of Black Hair
How did Black hair become a symbol of race, identity, power, and resistance? In this episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris sits down with Dr. Shaunasea Brown to e…
- Bush Girl Medicine: Rediscovering Caymanian Healing Traditions
What can Caymanian bush medicine teach us about history, healing, and cultural identity? In this episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris welcomes Hannah Reed Ford,…
- When Rights Traveled: Revolutions and Rising Expectations in the Greater Caribbean
The 1790s marked a turning point in Caribbean history, as revolutionary ideas swept across the Atlantic world and transformed the lives of free and enslaved people throughout the G…
- Rhythms of Memory: Caribbean Music as Archive and Resistance
How does Caribbean music preserve history, identity, and cultural memory? Can a song tell the story of a people as powerfully as a history book? In this episode of Dis A Fi Mi His…
- From Jersey to the Caribbean: Salt Cod, Slavery & the Hidden Maritime Networks of the Atlantic with Martin Toft
How did a small island in the English Channel become deeply connected to the Caribbean through the salt cod trade? What role did Jersey merchants play in the transatlantic economy,…
- More-ish Flavours: Uncovering Caribbean Food, Identity and History
How can food tell the story of a people? What can Caribbean cuisine reveal about migration, colonialism, family history, and identity across the diaspora? In this episode of Dis A…
- Legal Chains: How Colonial Law Forged the Caribbean’s Present
How did colonial laws shape slavery, race, and justice in the Caribbean—and why do their legacies still matter today? In this thought-provoking episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podc…
- How We Disappear: Memory, Tech and Small Erosions
What happens when our memories, photographs, documents, and digital lives slowly disappear? How can we ensure that future generations inherit not just our records, but our stories?…
- Archival Irruptions: Moravians, Obeah, and Hidden Caribbean Histories
What can archives tell us about the lives of enslaved Africans—and what have they left unsaid? In this compelling episode of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris welcomes…
- Becoming Indigenous: Haiti’s Revolutionary Rebirth
In this episode Dr. Amanda T. Perry discusses her research on how early nineteenth-century Haiti used the language of indigeneity to define nationhood after the revolution. The con…
- Many Threads, One Fabric: Unwoven Histories of Black Britain
In this episode we speak with Paula Ogun Hector, creator of Tapestry of Black Britons, about uncovering and preserving the long, diverse history of people of African and Caribbean…
- Beyond the Resort: Rediscovering Caribbean History and Community
In this episode of Dis a Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris interviews travel journalist and TV host Natalie Preddie to explore Caribbean history beyond the typical resort expe…
- When Patois Speaks Justice: Language, Power and the Caribbean
In this episode of Dis A fi mi History, Professor Clive Forrester explores how English and Creole coexist in the Caribbean and how language shapes power, identity, and access to ju…
- Season 9: Memory Archives — Caribbean Voices RememberedTrailer
Dis A fi mi History Season 9 explores memory, archives, and cultural preservation across the Caribbean and its diaspora. Episodes examine language, music, archives, genealogy, spir…
- Storytelling as Archive: Preserving Caribbean History with Kesha Christie
Welcome back to Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast—where we center Caribbean histories, voices, and the many ways our stories are preserved across generations, including family genealogy…
- Caribbean Genetics and Heritage: A Conversation with Dr. Carika Walden
In this insightful episode of the Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, host Wendy Aris delves into genetics and healthcare access within Caribbean communities with Dr. Carika Waldon of Car…
- Chutney & Coolie: Queer Masculinities and Indo‑Caribbean Sound
On this episode of the Dis A fi mi History Podcast, Dr. Ryan Persadie explores Indo‑Caribbean identity through music, family memory, and the legacy of indentureship. The conversati…
- Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Histories: Religion and Survival in the Early Caribbean
In this episode of the Dis A fi mi History Podcast, host and guest Professor Kristen Block explore the lives of ordinary people in the early Caribbean—maroons, sailors, Quakers, an…
- Saving Cayman Islands Heritage: Stories, Secrets, and the Heritage Guide
Host Wendy Aris engages with Alyssa Green, founder of the Cayman Heritage Guide, in a deep dive into preserving Caribbean history and family genealogy through community efforts in…
