What happens when a hurricane hits not just homes but history?
On this powerful episode of Stop, Look & Listen, host LeTroy Gardner sits down with cultural strategist, oral historian, filmmaker, and author Majella Mark to discuss preserving Caribbean memory in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
From her Grenadian roots to the lasting impact of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, Majella shares how her parents’ embrace of Black American history shaped her global lens. She breaks down her work leading the modern rebuild of Carriacou’s people-founded museum—balancing preservation with a future-focused approach that refuses to glorify colonial architecture.
Majella also touches on:
🌊 The Rising from the Waves project documenting post-hurricane recovery
🗣️ The power of oral history to capture everyday voices
🧠 Trauma support and therapy as part of cultural rebuilding
📖 Her upcoming feminism book “Cats are Trash Human Beings” (releasing March 8)
🎬 A film exploring Connecticut’s Black migration, tobacco labor & connections to Martin Luther King Jr.
💙 A forthcoming coffee-table book tracing indigo’s cultural threads across Africa, the Caribbean & the Gullah Geechee community
This is a conversation about memory, migration, identity, and the responsibility we all have to document our own stories before they disappear.
Follow Majella Mark:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/majellamark/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majellamark/
Website: https://www.majellamark.com/
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