Book launch: Lennox Honychurch on the Kalinagos of Dominica
Fascinating talk by Dominica’s leading historian, Lennox Honychurch, about his new book, Resistance, Refuge, Revival: the Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica.
Caribbean Seminar Series - Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica
“In this talk, distinguished Dominican historian and anthropologist Lennox Honychurch will discuss his latest book Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica, which tells their remarkable story. The book sheds new light on the Kalinagos and the shifts in their identities from the early years of resistance to European colonisation, through tactical withdrawal, to a revival of traditions and respect in the 21st century. Emphasising a Kalinago perspective, Honychurch shows the important role they have played in the complex social and cultural evolution of Dominica.”
What they say
“I am honoured as a Kalinago leader to be part of this wonderful work as it relates to the history of our people.”
– Irvince Auguiste, former Kalinago Chief.
In this impressive book, Honychurch presents a history that emphasises a Kalinago perspective and shows the important role they have played in the complex social and cultural evolution of Dominica.
– Mark Hauser, Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University.
The product of a life-time of engagement and decades of study, Lennox Honychurch’s Resistance, Refuge, Revival tells the history of the Kalinago people of Dominica with consummate skill and compassion. It instantly becomes the most authoritative book on the subject, to which both scholars and general readers will turn.
– Peter Hulme, emeritus Professor of Literature, University of Essex.
In 2016 historian/archaeologist/ anthropologist Arie Boomert published an excellent book, The Indigenous Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago From the First Settlers Until Today. Now Lennox Honychurch, with his new book, Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica (Papillote Press), has provided an authoritative but accessible study of Dominica’s First People…”
– Bridget Brereton
See the article from Trinidad Express
– an extract from the long review of Resistance, Refuge, Revival by Lennox Honychurch in Journal of Caribbean History (Volume 58, Number 2, 2024), by Oliver Antczak, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Lennox Honychurch
Lennox Honychurch is a Dominican historian and anthropologist. He has published numerous academic papers and books on the history of Dominica and the Caribbean region. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Oxford on the material culture of the Kalinago people of Dominica. He is an expert on all aspects of Dominica’s history and culture, and his book The Dominica Story was the first history of the island.
