The University of Toronto Journal of Caribbean Studies
Caribbean Quilt

Volume 6, Issue 1
2021

Caribbean Quilt is an interdisciplinary journal focused on elucidating, 
challenging and redefining discussions about pertinent issues

 faced in the Caribbean and its diaspora.
 This journal highlights the dynamic dialectical relations that exist between 

individuals, institutions, and regional hegemonic forces through 
various mediums of expression. 

We extend a special thanks to New College and the 
University of Toronto Caribbean Studies Program 

for their continued support of our efforts to advocate for the 
betterment of the Caribbean and its diaspora, — an aim 

which is achieved through the publication of Caribbean Quilt and 
similar knowledge sharing initiatives.

Caribbean Studies Students’ Union (CARSSU)
 #500C 40 Willcocks St 
University of Toronto

New College Student Centre
Toronto, ON Canada

M5S 1C6
carssu@utoronto.ca

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Caribbean Quilt is published annually by the University of Toronto Caribbean Studies 
Students’ Union. Its content is produced in line with the principles of Open Access 
research and in support of the greater global exchange of knowledge. As a result, 
Caribbean Quilt is freely available to the public via: 
https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cquilt.  Caribbean Quilt is also listed on the 
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). For more information visit: 
https://doaj.org

Caribbean Quilt has an exclusive license for the articles published herein, limited to 
first right of publication granted by the author(s), who hold copyright. In El Batey, 
My Father’s Foot Lit a Fire is an exception in this issue where the right of second 
publication was granted. Articles herein are covered by applicable copyright law with 
authors retaining copyright of their manuscripts. This volume of Caribbean Quilt is 
published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
License. All articles published in this volume of Caribbean Quilt are archived via the 
PKP Preservation Network (PN). Authors are not restricted from self-archiving in 
additional repositories or on personal websites.
 
The editors of this journal strive to meet the high standards defined in the Code of 
Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors promoted by the Committee 
on Publication Ethics (COPE).

ISSN 1925-5829 
ISSN 1929-235X (online)

Front cover art by Megan Mungalsingh 
Printed in Canada by Thistle Printing

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
David Allens 2T1

University of Toronto, OISE 
     https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9261-5568

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Prilly Bicknell-Hersco 2T1

York University, Faculty of Education

COPY EDITOR
Korede Akinkunmi 2T1

Lincoln Alexander School of Law , JD

LAYOUT AND DESIGN EDITOR
Ejaaz Ramdhanie 

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Kevin Edmonds (Chair) Caribbean Studies Program

Dr. Néstor E. Rodríguez  Caribbean Studies Program
David Allens  (Editor-in-Chief) Caribbean Studies Students' Union 
Jasmine Mclaughlin-Morgan  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 

Tyler Lee Shue  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 
Alex Vesuna  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 

Adrianna Williams  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 
Abigail Ralph  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 

Avinash Dindial  Caribbean Studies Students' Union 
 

READING COMMITTEE
The Caribbean Quilt reading committee is composed of all current Faculty/Instructors 

of the University of Toronto’s Caribbean Studies Program. Below are the faculty 
committee members for this issue period. 

Dr. Néstor E. Rodríguez 
University of Toronto, Professor of Spanish and Director of Caribbean Studies 

Program

Dr. Alissa Trotz 
University of Toronto, Professor of Caribbean Studies and Director of Woman and 

Gender Studies Program

Dr. Kevin Edmonds 
University of Toronto, Professor of Caribbean Studies 

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