Why I Started This Project
In Saint Lucia, a huge part of our history is oral. It doesn't live in textbooks, it lives in the memories of our grandparents and elders. The folklore, the Kwéyòl language, the stories of how communities were built — none of it is written down anywhere.
L'Héritage Nou is my answer to that problem. I am going to record, preserve, and share Saint Lucian oral history in a way that makes it free, permanent, and accessible to everyone.
A Digital Library Built to Last
I will visit 10 elders from communities across Saint Lucia — Soufrière, Micoud, Castries and more — and sit with them face to face. I'll record their voices, photograph their portraits, and capture their stories. Then I'll turn everything into three permanent outputs.
A Podcast Series
Fifteen-minute "story bite" episodes — one per elder — published free on Spotify and our website. Listen to the real voices of Saint Lucia's storytellers, in Kwéyòl and English.
🎧 Free on SpotifyA Digital E-Book
A beautifully designed e-book featuring each elder's story, their portrait, and their words — in both Kwéyòl and English. Free for teachers, students, and families across Saint Lucia.
📚 Free DownloadA Public Website
The permanent home of the archive — searchable, shareable, and accessible anywhere. QR code posters in schools across the island will link directly here. Supported and developed by Techtronknights.
🔗 Always FreeSix Months. Five Phases.
Research (Month 1)
I'll identify 10 elders from communities across the island and write my interview questions carefully. I want to give each elder the space to tell their story in their own way.
Fieldwork (Months 2–3)
The heart of the project. I'll travel to each community, sit with each elder, and record their voices and stories. I'll also photograph their portraits for the e-book. These will be real conversations, not scripted interviews.
Production (Month 4)
I'll edit the audio into podcast episodes and design the e-book using Canva Pro. My mentor at Techtronknights is teaching me everything I need to know to make this look and sound professional.
Launch (Month 5)
The archive goes live — podcast on Spotify, e-book downloadable, website published. QR code posters go up in schools across Saint Lucia so every student can access the archive with a single scan.
Exhibition (Month 6)
A "Listening Session" — a real community event at school or the local library where elders, students, teachers, and families experience the archive together in the same room.
What This Project Will Change
This archive isn't just for me. It's for everyone who has ever wondered about where we come from.
A resource teachers can actually use
A free Saint Lucian history and culture resource for Social Studies, Language Arts, and beyond. Real stories. Real people. Real Saint Lucia.
A platform to finally be heard
Our grandparents become the centre of the story — their portraits published, their voices recorded, their names preserved for generations to come.
Kwéyòl documented
Kwéyòl expressions, proverbs, and storytelling patterns that don't appear in any dictionary will be formally documented — that's genuinely historic.
Pride in where we come from
I want 12-year-olds in Saint Lucia to feel connected to their history and proud of their culture — and to see that young people can create something that truly lasts.
Imani Arthur
Form 1 · Micoud Secondary School
Meet Imani
I'm a Form 1 student at Micoud Secondary School in Saint Lucia. Before secondary school, I was home-schooled — which taught me how to learn on my own and how to care about things that really matter.
L'Héritage Nou started with a simple worry: I couldn't find Saint Lucian folk tales online. The stories I heard from my family weren't written down anywhere. And that felt wrong.
I'm learning graphic design, audio production, photography, and interviewing skills through Techtronknights — and I'm putting every one of those skills into this archive.
L'Héritage Nou is a pilot project of the Techtronknights Heritage Center (currently in the planning stage). Mentored by Miranda George-Arthur and supported fiscally by Micoud Secondary School, this initiative empowers youth to use digital tools for cultural preservation.