Workbook
For West Indian Families Globally
Island Identity, Diaspora Reality, and the Family Structures That Crossed the Water
Find your island identity again.
Adults from West Indian diaspora families — including those with roots in Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada, St. Lucia, Antigua, and across the Caribbean — who were born or raised outside the islands and want to understand what West Indian identity means in their own lives and families.
The Name It First Experience
West Indian families carry one of the most layered identities in the diaspora: the memory of islands, the weight of the Middle Passage, the pride of independence movements, and the reality of building life far from home. This workbook walks you through the cultural structures, family patterns, and identity questions that define West Indian experience globally — so you can document what your family carried and what you're carrying forward.
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Sample questions
- What does it mean to be West Indian when the islands that shaped your family are thousands of miles away?
- What from West Indian culture does your family most want to carry forward — the food, the music, the values, the community structures?
- What would it mean to document what your family carried from the islands and what you are adding to it?
Research basis
Grounded in Berry (1997) acculturation theory, Hall (1990) cultural identity and diaspora, Brah (1996) cartographies of diaspora, and Cross (1991) Nigrescence theory applied to Afro-Caribbean identity development.
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