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The Know Your Caribbean Podcast

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  • Coming from the much loved platform Know Your Caribbean, this podcast is geared entirely to telling the stories of the Caribbean, it's history and culture, food, music and more. Including the fan favourite Gangsta Stories from the Caribbean. Here to uplift, empower through education in ways that make you feel connected to yourself. So get to know yourself through Know Your Caribbean.



    Hosted by Fiona Compton with special guests.


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Episodes
  • The Story of the Soucouyant and the Loogaroo

    The Story of the Soucouyant and the Loogaroo
    Oct 31 2023
    She fall sunder many names, from the Boo Hag in the Carolinas, the Old Higue or Ole Haig in Guyana, Asema in Suriname, Soucouyant in Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Martinique, Guadeloupe and more, even Louisiana. But who is she? Let's hear some stories about the elusive Soucouyant, closing off the episode with a a powerful story of resistance

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    25 mins
  • Junkanoo Jam Session Part Two - The Bahamas

    Junkanoo Jam Session Part Two - The Bahamas
    Feb 6 2023

    In our second instalment of the Junkanoo Jam series, we take a look at Junkanoo in the Bahamas.(see Jamaican Junkanoo in part 1) The largest Junkanoo parade in the world, glitzy, glamorous, large and in charge. But what are the fundamentally African roots of Junkanoo in The Bahamas? Let's see where underneath the gold and glitter are sparks of resistance.




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    18 mins
  • Obeah, Mermaids and Magic

    Obeah, Mermaids and Magic
    Jan 20 2023

    Touching on many topics, from how descendants of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean worshipped Mami Wata/ Mama Dlo, danced the 'Calenda' and Bele, and how rain was conjured out of nowhere in the heights of droughts.


    Excerpts from the book 'Obeah and Witchcraft in the West Indies' by Hesketh J Bell.


    Featured Kalinda music by : Red Drum Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMwyhjknOAk


    Bele Music from Martinique by : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslellMtIz8&t=464s


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    52 mins
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