Since colonialism serves to disconnect a people from one another and from their
land, the issue of belonging is prominent and the lack of it has broad implications.
We Are All We Need is a research project that investigates the impacts of colonialism,
capitalism, and the consequential isolation on my wellbeing with an aim to find
ways to heal from the damage these cause and to build belonging and connection. I
approached this project with an autoethnographic focus, observing my past in
order to create a deeper understanding of how a lack of belonging feels as well as
how it manifests in life events and mental or physical sensations. I analysed my
findings with secondary research on critical race theory, Caribbean history and
healing traditions, as well as decolonial theory. This research yielded various
findings about the ways people of colour, or marginalized people impacted by
colonialism, can work through the wounds caused by isolation, heavily referencing
Caribbean healing traditions - connection with nature, community, dance, herbal
remedies, ancestral worship and communication, etc.