Deeply informed by archival research and current scholarship, but written as a reflective and intimate memoir, What the Oceans Remember addresses current issues in migration, identity, belonging, and history through an interrogation of race, ethnicity, gender, archives and memory.

An intimate memoir reflecting on current issues of race, ethnicity, gender, archives and memory. By accepting an invitation to join a family tree project, the author was inspired to take a journey to the heart of the histories that have shaped her identity. Archival research in Suriname, the Netherlands, the UK, and Canada gave the author an opportunity to answer two central questions: Where does she belong? And who does she belong to?