Yankee Bajan
Friday, 11/03/2023-11/04/2023, 08:00 pm-10:30 pm
Lehman Theatre, MDC North Campus
11380 NW 27th Ave Room 1315,
Miami, Florida, 33167
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Cost: $20-25

Through live performance and musical references from Brooklyn to Barbados, Yankee Bajan takes the audience along as the family dreams of a Bajan past and a Barbadian future. 

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator and Koubek Center announce the upcoming play, Yankee Bajan, directed by Linda Parris-Bailey.

This unique play, explores the fascinating journey of African-American expatriates in Barbados. Experience the emotional journey of returning to a place of origin and the challenges of cultural integration through a captivating live performance.

“Bajan” is a term for Barbadian. Can one return home to a place that has never been home? Will the young ones in the family flourish coming of age as Bajans, or will their “Yankee” culture hurt friends and family? What cultural and colonial baggage does one bring to such an experience? In the process, Yankee Bajan examines the circumstances in the United States that would drive a family to consider becoming expatriates.

Yankee Bajan takes the audience back to the wisdom of the Barbadian Heroes, a select group including freedom fighters, trade union pioneers, and defenders of human rights. It takes us through the expatriate experience, and ultimately, the return to an independent Caribbean island.