Better in The Bahamas: A Response to "On Skin and Sand"

In 2017, I responded to the work of Edrin Symonette and Leasho Johnson with a poetic performance. Both artists developed individual projects that 'speak towards issues of gender constructs, masculinity and sexuality within a Black Caribbean context.' (NAGB, 2017). My poem, "It's Better in The Bahamas" spoke to the inert softness/vulnerability of Caribbean men, the women who support them and the system which constructs such existence. In my performance, I chose to veil myself in a sand-colored fabric to detract from my own identity and focus, instead, on the message of the poetry. The poem, "It's Better in The Bahamas" has been published in Transforming Spaces' Historic Nassau publication.