‘We are still alive’: One Kalinago healer’s mission to preserve indigenous identity

‘We are still alive’: One Kalinago healer’s mission to preserve indigenous identity

When Jadir Agung Marcelle left Dominica two decades ago, he was a teenager steeped in the traditions passed down by his grandfather – rituals, stories and the spiritual roles of the Kalinago people. Like his grandfather before him, Marcelle was entrusted with the roles of shaman, a priestly guide, and piaye, a traditional healer, in the Kalinago community, whose history predates European colonisation of the Caribbean. Now 36, Marcelle’s sense of…