Ten Months to Go!

 

Ten months to our great family reunion! Please let any Antoines you know about the reunion and ask them to like the page. Also, according to Facebook we have about 30 active users who still haven't liked the page. You know who you are ... please like us today.

This is your history!

This is your history!

Shot in Ghana, Barbados and London this film illustrates the ‘Trading Triangle’. It uses epic cinematography and visual play to make the experience of slavery relevant to a new generation. The film is part of the permanent London Sugar and Slavery gallery at the Museum of London in Docklands.

Return to Benin!

If you're interested, you can return to Benin where the King will offer you citizenship and land!

Photo from Sedley Antoine's Funeral in the Trinidad Guardian

Photo from Uncle Sedley's funeral which appeared in the Trinidad Guardian on April 25, 2001. Thanks to Patsy Avis for sharing this with us.

Happy Republic Day!

The Orisha Suite

The Orisha Suite celebrates the rituals of enslaved Africans, who, after being stolen from their homeland and forced into slavery by colonial masters, were able to preserve their heritage and identity through song and dance ceremonies. The story is narrated by a little boy who observes members of his slave community, one late night, in Sunday worship by the ocean shore.

Full story here.

Last Train to San Fernando

In 1876 the Trinidad Chronicle quoted “Guinea-women of Belmont” who were “Radas – from near Dahomey” describing the newly introduced railway locomotive as “a thing of fear and mystery,” and called it the “Beke Debble-horse.”  The Beke Debble-horses were eventually phased out in 1965.