Resistance Refuge Revival, written by Lennox Honychurch

Resistance, Refuge, Revival

The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica

£15.99

ISBN

9781739130329

Published

2024

Format

Paperback
also an eBook

The Kalinagos of Dominica

Dominica is the only place in the Caribbean where the Kalinagos – the indigenous people of the region – were able to secure a portion of their own land after everywhere else had been taken from them.

Written by a Dominican whose knowledge of the Kalinagos is unsurpassed, it sheds new light on how they shifted identities – from the early years of resistance to European colonisation, through tactical withdrawal to a revival of traditions and respect in the 21st century.

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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

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.