Caribbean life is a work of art, an act of creative will. The narrative of the Caribbean emerging from the brokenness of slavery and colonialism is a becoming … the “gathering of broken pieces” into a new way of being. It’s the “restoration of shattered histories” into a fresh story that tells of Caribbean triumph through the challenges of liberation and independence. And the story is still being written today because none of the Caribbean’s social advances are sustainable without home-grown innovation and widespread economic enfranchisement. This is the challenge facing the region on the next leg of its independence journey. To have been broken, fragmented, shattered, and put back together again. This is the anguish, but also the joy, of belonging.