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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

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We’re now at Chapter 5 of No Pain Like This Body — where the rain has passed, but the damage has not. In this chapter, we enter the riceland with Ma and the children, where labour becomes inheritance, silence becomes resistance, and the field itself seems to watch who works, who refuses, and who endures.

AUDIO TRACK: THE STORM INSIDE THE HOUSE by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

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Chapter Four Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and wounds. The house is heavy, and the family is caught in a storm that echoes beyond the weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores the inheritance of pain and how silence can feed survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: Water That Knows Thy Name by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

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Chapter Four Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and wounds. The house is heavy, and the family is caught in a storm that echoes beyond the weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores the inheritance of pain and how silence can feed survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: Bitter Medicine, Sweet Prayer by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

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Chapter Four Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and wounds. The house is heavy, and the family is caught in a storm that echoes beyond the weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores the inheritance of pain and how silence can feed survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: Biddu Ke Das (Scorpion Sting) by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

You can support the Society and help keep these readings alive by contributing on PayPal or Ko-fi. A digital copy of the book is also available so you can read along with us as we turn each page together.

Chapter Three Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and memory. The house is heavy, the family caught in a storm that’s more than weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores how pain becomes inheritance, how silence feeds survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: Ricebag by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

You can support the Society and help keep these readings alive by contributing on PayPal or Ko-fi. A digital copy of the book is also available so you can read along with us as we turn each page together.

Chapter Three Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and memory. The house is heavy, the family caught in a storm that’s more than weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores how pain becomes inheritance, how silence feeds survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: Ricebag by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

You can support the Society and help keep these readings alive by contributing on PayPal or Ko-fi. A digital copy of the book is also available so you can read along with us as we turn each page together.

Chapter Three Description

The rain feels endless, falling on tin, mud, and memory. The house is heavy, the family caught in a storm that’s more than weather. Ma holds the children close while Pa slips further into drink and darkness. Ladoo’s words cut like thunder, short, brutal, biblical. This chapter explores how pain becomes inheritance, how silence feeds survival. The land watches, the rain listens, and every word is a prayer half-spoken.

AUDIO TRACK: August by Addae G

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Welcome to Ink & Obeah, the secret reading society where Caribbean books speak, and the old magic answers back. Hosted by Trinidad-born storyteller and artist Addae G, each gathering takes us deeper into Caribbean literature, one chapter at a time. With candlelight, rain on a tin roof, and the rhythm of island storytelling, we explore not just the words, but the spirits, folklore, and ancestral memory alive inside them.

You can support the Society and help keep these readings alive by contributing on PayPal or Ko-fi. A digital copy of the book is also available so you can read along with us as we turn each page together.

Chapter Two Description

In this second gathering, we step deeper into Harold Sonny Ladoo’s No Pain Like This Body. The rain hasn’t stopped falling, and the family is still struggling in the mud and the storm. In this chapter, the tension between Pa and Ma sharpens, the children’s nakedness in the rain becomes a symbol of both innocence and exposure, and the August weather feels less like nature and more like a punishment. We’ll sit with the silences, the cruelty, and the ways Ladoo’s language makes the land itself into a character.

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