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Radio Bimshire Presents

Catch up or listen on-demand with the best of Radio Bimshire - the Voice of the National Library Service, Barbados (https://bit.ly/radiobimshire). Radio Bimshire Presents is a selection of short stories, poetry, history, rare audio clips and humour - the sound of Barbadian heritage. Featuring: Off The Shelf: Readings of Barbadian writing; Standpipe: Memories of Wash Day; Sounds of Freedom: Stories of Emancipation... and much more.

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Sounds of Freedom: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite -...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/06/08

Hear Edward Kamau Brathwaite read three powerful poems: “Mammon,” “Unrighteousness of Mammon,” and “Naming.” Drawn from The Arrivants, these poems confront the legacy of colonialism and the power of language to reclaim identity. Explore themes of profit, memory, and the redemptive power of naming in African traditions.

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00:10:00

Sounds of Freedom: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite -...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/06/08

Continue the journey with Edward Kamau Brathwaite as he reads two poems from his collection Islands, recorded in 1973. "Pebbles & Islands" and "Coral" delve into the Caribbean experience—fragmentation, memory, and the search for unity. Brathwaite uses imagery of islands and coral reefs to reflect on shared heritage and resilience.

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00:08:56

Sounds of Freedom: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite -...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/06/08

Continue the journey with Edward Kamau Brathwaite as he reads two poems from his collection Islands, recorded in 1973. "Pebbles & Islands" and "Coral" delve into the Caribbean experience—fragmentation, memory, and the search for unity. Brathwaite uses imagery of islands and coral reefs to reflect on shared heritage and resilience.

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00:07:18

Sounds of Freedom: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/06/08

We begin the first episode of "Sounds of Freedom" with the late Alfred Pragnell, known for his warmth and connection to Bajan culture, reading "The Dust" by Edward Kamau Brathwaite. This poem explores the legacies of slavery, the resilience of the people, and the beauty in everyday life, capturing both the dialect and the weight of history.

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00:05:00

Standpipe: Wash Day at the spring - G Addinton Forde...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/05/12

For folk historian G Addinton Forde, who was born in Blades Hill, St Philip, life revolved around the streams that poured out of the nearby Three Houses Spring, one of the oldest water supply sources in Barbados, centuries before water from the island's limestone aquifers was piped to standpipes in communities across the island.

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00:06:00

Standpipe: Wash Day - A standpipe memory - Trevor G...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/05/12

The late historian Trevor G Marshall shares a story of life at the standpipe, not just a source of piped water to the villages of bygone Barbados but a meeting point - in love and war.

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00:05:59

Standpipe: The Washerwoman - Trevor G Marshall -...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/05/12

Beyond the wash basin, the Barbadian washerwoman was a central figure in the community and for the planters and other VIPs. On this episode of Standpipe, the late historian Trevor Marshall explores the social dynamics at the standpipe, the informal networks of support, and how these women contributed - and restored - the fabric of Barbadian society, one wash load at a time.

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00:07:00

Standpipe: Origin story of the standpipe - Trevor G...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/05/12

The standpipe was once a central feature in villages across Barbados, dating back to the 1860s. But it took a devastating cholera epidemic that claimed the lives of more than 20,000 Barbadians in 1854 to push the colonial government to bring piped water, first to the capital, Bridgetown, and eventually, everywhere. The late historian Trevor Marshall in his last recorded interview picks up the story and explains what's in the name, standpipe.

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00:09:00

Standpipe: The significance of Wash Day - Trevor G...

Radio Bimshire Presents ·

2025/05/12

In his last interview a few months before his death in February 2025, the renowned folk historian, educator - and proud product of the rural eastern parish of St John - Trevor G Marshall, describes how important wash day was in the lives of Barbadians, even when most people had few clothes.

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