021: One, one cocoa full basket
from Home Sayings Podcast Hosted by simmone ahiaku
Meet Zakiya McKenzie, a writer and researcher based in Bristol, England. In 2019, she was Writer in Residence for Forestry England during its centenary year and in 2023, her PhD research on Caribbean-led newspapers in Britain won the Olivette Otele Prize for Research in Black British studies. Her recent work explores the legacies of colonialism and enslavement in the Caribbean. Zakiya is the author of Testimonies on the History of Jamaica Vol. 1 (Rough Trade Books, 2021), a pamphlet that reimagines the environmental history of the island through fragments found in European archives. She is currently a Senior Research Associate in Creative Research Methods at the University of Bristol Where can you find Zakiya? Instagram: @zakiyamedia website: zakiyamckenzie.com Who/What does Zakiya want to promote? Please sign up to the newsletter from her work project - looking at Plants, Enslavement and Public History (sign up link at bottom of the page) https://plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/03/19/montserrat-lime-the-story-of-a-world-famous-crop/ Read this article by me on architecture and enslavement :) https://www.into.org/architecture-and-enslavement-in-jamaica/ Just conducted creative research methods workshops in Jamaica and Bristol please share post on my IG page about the Bristol leg : Instagram Find out which home we visit next Sunday!
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