A.Wake—mi nou les Nardalists

There is nothing sad about a wake in Martinique. Wakes are held more than celebrations, gatherings and parties. Where the Kontè tells his stories outside, while the mourners sing and pray inside, and keep the deceased awake because their lives were worth the journey.

What if the Nardal Sisters were held together on a wake? A polyphonic procession in Creole, English and perhaps also French at the interface of poetic funeral services, funerals with a collaborative choir and street parade, the carnival vidé.

Let's walk, chat, sing, dance and drink.

Let us remember Paulette, Émilie, Alice, Jane, Cécile, Lucie and Andrée, and let us not forget that although their time was not ours, their voices still resonate today.

What if we become nardalists together!

— Simone Lagrand