Resources
In this section you will find links to other sources of information and works of art about parental separation through migration. This is by no means a comprehensive list. Please contact us if you have or are aware of relevant material. Send an email to info@barrelstories.org.
Inclusion of material in this section does not represent an of endorsement of its content.
Academic Papers
Articles
- Jamaica’s ‘barrel children’ often come up empty with a parent abroad – Melissa Noel for nbcnews.com
- Repairing broken bonds: How families rebuild ties after migration – Melissa Noel for nbcnews.com
- Migration and Separation: Stories of ‘Barrel Children’ – Melissa Noel for Voices of NY
- Grandparents Cannot Cope – Frustrated Guardians Of ‘Barrel Children’ Want To Hand Over Responsibility To CDA – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- The Little Men/Women Of The House – The Parentification Of Children – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- More Money, Less Care – Is Long-Distance Love From Foreign-Based Parents Enough? – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- JTA President Warns Of Barrel Children Syndrome – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- Another Side Of The ‘Barrel Baby’ Phenomenon – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- The Other Side Of The Barrel Children Phenomenon – The Gleaner, Jamaica
- Barrel children hurting – Jamaica Observer
- Beyond barrel children – Trinidad and Tobago News
- The Barrel Children – Newsweek
- Barrel Children: Immigration’s Untold Story – Newd Magazine
- Love in a Barrel. The Second Generation – Outlish Magazine
Books
- Malaika’s Winter Carnival (2017) – Nadia Hohn
- Malaika’s Costume (2016) – Nadia Hohn
- Breaking the Cycle – A Barrel Child Story (2014) – Pamela K Marshall
- Barrel Child (2011) – Pamela K Marshall
- Aunt Jen (2002) – Paulette Ramsay
Plays
How Black Mothers Say I Love You – Trey Anthony
Demarara Gold – A One Woman Show by Ingrid Griffith
Films
- De Lo Mio | Diana Peralta | USA | 2019 | 1hr 14
- Sprinter | Storm Saulter | Jamaica | 2019 | 1hr 54
- Scars of Our Mother’s Dreams | Meschida Philips | Grenada | 2017 | 11 mins
- Ti-Coq – Nadia Charlery | Martinique | 2013 | 23 mins
- Doubles With Slight Pepper – Ian Harnarine | Trinidad & Toabago | 2012 | 16 mins
- The Seawall – Mason Richards | Guyana | 2011 | 11 mins
- Barrel Children – Cara Weir | Trinidad | 2006 | 24 mins
- Milk and Honey | Glen Salzman & Rebecca Yates | Canada | 1988 | 1h 29
Installations
- Send Love inna Barrel (2016-2017) – Kelley-Ann Lindo
- Barrel Children (2000) – Terry Bellier
