In July, Hurricane Beryl destroyed everything in its path, including the museum on Grenada's sister island, Carriacou. This catastrophe showcases the fragility of cultural heritage in the Caribbean.
The Caribbean branch of the International Council on Archives noted with great sadness that the fire at Barbados's Archives Department has not only resulted in the loss of invaluable historical records but has also dealt a severe blow to our collective cultural heritage.
Barbados has begun the process of digitising its invaluable archive, but so much more needs to be done across the Caribbean and quickly, before accidents or natural disasters consume these ageing papers.
The history of an entire people is slowly being erased, with records of the children who died at birth, their mothers in childbirth, and their fathers, worked into the ground by Britain's enslavers.
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