Dive into an engaging and richly informative text that offers a fresh, authentic perspective on Trinidad’s sociocultural history with links to the wider Caribbean experience. Passage of Time seamlessly blends nostalgia, ethnography, and sociology, capturing the transformation of Trinidad from a rural colony to an industrialized nation.
Through the lens of a curious rural boy and other expert voices, Dr. Smith explores themes like creolization, syncretism, intra-regional migration, mental health, and domestic and sexual abuse. The book champions indigenous narratives and oral traditions, disrupting dominant colonial perspectives and revealing “knowledge from below” essential to understanding Caribbean identity.
A must-read for students, researchers, and history enthusiasts passionate about decolonial studies and the dynamic Caribbean story.