This volume bridges the gap between historiography and the present-day diasporic communities, which emerged from the slave trade and indenture. Through case studies from the Caribbean context, it demonstrates how the region's historical labour mobility remains central to performances and negotiations of collective memory and identity.

Foreword Introduction PART I: THE LEGACIES OF INDENTURE AND MIGRATION 1. The Legacy of Indian Indentureship in the Caribbean 1838-1920 2. Creative Industries: Our Legacies, Our Future 3. Shadowy Figures: Literary Representation of the Chinese in French-Caribbean Fiction PART II: IDENTITY NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH MUSIC AND CUISINE 4. When the Music Soundin 'Sweet': Musical Instrument Construction, Performance Practice, and the Changing Aesthetics of Indian Trinidadian Tassa Drumming 5. Baithakgáná Semantics 6. Creolization and the Evolution of Indo-Trinidadian Cuisine PART III: COLLECTIVE MEMORIES OF SLAVERY AND INDENTURE 7. Sitalpersad, a British Indian Interpreter in Colonial Suriname 8. Five Generations of a Surinamese Family 1873-2010: A Legacy 9. Emancipation and Arrival: How Emancipation Day and Indian Arrival Day have Shaped Ethnic Identities in Twenty-first Century Trinidad and Tobago