Voices From Slavery to the World’s Youngest Republic: Empire’s Child.
Born in the Empire’s Shadow, it is the story of Rogues in Paradise
RoguesCulture Podcast, a Rogues in Paradise Project
RoguesCulture:
A multimedia platform examining how histories of slavery and empire continue to shape the modern world. Derived from the Book Rogues in Paradise
Rogues in Paradise:
A narrative history of survival, resistance, and reinvention in a society shaped by slavery and empire.
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Told in 3 Parts: Voices-Empire’s Shadow and Beyond Paradise
Voices
Voices centres the lived experience — the oral, personal, and cultural narratives that history often leaves behind. Through the Manifesto podcast and narrative storytelling, it brings forward the perspectives of those who endured, adapted, and shaped life within and beyond the structures of slavery.
Empire’s Shadow
Empire’s Shadow explores the historical foundations of the Atlantic world, examining how Britain’s system of slavery — forged in Barbados — became a model for early colonial societies. It traces how those systems of power, law, and identity continue to echo into the present.
Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise looks outward to the contemporary world, following the Caribbean diaspora across Britain, Canada, Europe, and the United States. It examines how histories of empire continue to shape questions of belonging, identity, and cultural memory today.
Together, Voices, Empire’s Shadow, and Beyond Paradise- trace a journey from memory to history to lived reality — revealing how the past continues to shape the present.
