Post by Angella Fraser, MS

Ep 187 Summer Podcast Club: What is ours and where is home? This week, we continue with Tara Roberts’ National Geographic podcast Into the Depths, episodes 3 & 4. Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica is where she meets Afro-Costa Rican teen divers bringing up pieces from wrecks linked to Danish slave ships. Should descendants and local communities be the ones who name, interpret, and keep what they find or is it the responsibility of academically trained archeologists? We connect this to familiar patterns of gatekeeping, from Black hair braiding certifications to how African American midwives were pushed aside when institutions decided tradition was not “legitimate” enough. In episode 4, Tara travels to Africa for the first time and runs into a reality many of us wonder about: Is the dream of a homecoming with open arms a reasonable or a fantastical expectation? We unpack diaspora identity, the grief of not fully belonging anywhere, and the reframing that may be helpful in finding peace. Listen, then leave your comments so we can chat and connect with more listeners. https://lnkd.in/ei9fJPds