In April 1970, soldiers of the Trinidad Regiment boarded armed gunboats and sailed toward Port of Spain — not to suppress the uprising, but to join it. This episode of History of the Caribbean tells the full story of Trinidad's fifty-six-day Black Power Revolution: the marches of ten thousand, the forced removal of colonial statues, the historic army mutiny under Lieutenant Rex Lassalle, US warships offshore with classified orders, and the State of Emergency that dismantled the movement's leadership overnight. Within four years, the oil sector was nationalized. History of the Caribbean — the stories that didn't make it into the textbooks.
This episode examines how Barbados became one of the most stable societies in the Caribbean by perfecting systems of control during slavery and preserving...
"St. Martin: A Legacy Unwritten" is a deeply immersive and masterfully documented storytelling podcast that traces the rich history, culture, and resilience of St....
What happens when a Pulitzer-winning rapper and a revolutionary military leader both capture the world’s attention—through completely different paths? In this immersive Caribbean documentary,...
