Legba and Six Roads

A West Indian short story from the podcast, Parrotbeetie.

Photo by hp koch on Unsplash

Pierre sipped his Jamaican kola and belched with satisfaction as he watched the hustle and bustle around him. Six Roads, a village in Carriacou, buzzed with life as people of all ages prepared for the seasonal maroon, a festival with ties to their past and power in their present. Women and men alike stood over the traditional iron pots as they pounded coocoo, stirred…