{"product_id":"return-to-roots","title":"Return to Roots","description":"When\nthousands of working-class Barbadians left for Cuba in search of better\neconomic opportunities during the early twentieth century, most of them did so\nwith the expectation that they would eventually return to their home. They maintained\nmany of the cultural traditions of their homeland, and they immersed their\nCuba-born children in Barbadian culture by exposing them to the type of\neducation which they themselves had received in Barbados and teaching them\nEnglish to prepare them for life “back home”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough\nmany of the migrants were not able to achieve this dream of returning home,\nsome of their children and grandchildren have managed to retrace their\nancestors’ journey and find their roots in Barbados. This “reverse migration”\nis driven as much by economics as by sentiment for the ancestral homeland. The\nbasis of that sentiment has sometimes been called into question, since these\n“CuBajans” have not always been regarded as true Barbadians by some among the\nlocal population. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe\nCuBajans themselves have a sense of pride in what they have been able to\nachieve in Cuba, and they count themselves fortunate in having two homelands.\nWith relatives still in Cuba, they maintain links through frequent\ncommunication, remittances and travel back to the island. In \u003ci\u003eA Return to Roots: “CuBajans” in Barbados\u003c\/i\u003e,\nthese migrants tell their own stories through oral testimonies, which Sharon\nMilagro Marshall frames within the context of Barbadian and Cuban history.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57259349475672,"sku":"9789766408817","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9789766408817_e8d309cd-9a64-4c79-b743-ca098c388d90.jpg?v=1778804126","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/return-to-roots","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}