"What Good is a Tree Without its Roots?"
Anaya, a young Barbadian woman living in Toronto, is forced to confront her growing disconnection from home after she realizes she can no longer remember a song her late grandmother used to sing to her. When two Caribbean folklore spirits appear in her apartment offering to help, what begins as a search for memory transforms into a haunting test of identity, ancestry, and cultural belonging.
Maya Ward
Anaya Brathwaite
Ophilia Davis
Soucouyant
Joseph Volney
The Heartman
Anaya, a young Barbadian woman living in Toronto, is forced to confront her growing disconnection from home after she realizes she can no longer remember a song her late grandmother used to sing to her. When two Caribbean folklore spirits appear in her apartment offering to help, what begins as a search for memory transforms into a haunting test of identity, ancestry, and cultural belonging.
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