About

The Saba History Experience

A living documentary chapter where island memory, Indigenous heritage, and colonial history meet the present.

Built as a respectful, research-led effort with archives, oral testimony, and community voice, this project invites Saba’s layered past to be experienced with care and clarity.

About the mission

We are building a living history experience that honors Saba not as a timeline of events, but as memory carried by people, place, and voice.

This work brings together oral testimony, archival evidence, and contemporary storytelling so the island’s past can be felt with clarity, dignity, and emotional truth.

Stewardship & Perspective

Voices behind the archive

The project is guided by people who hold memory, context, and care at the center of every story we tell.

Community voice

Amara Hassell

Project Research Lead

“We want history to be felt as something living, layered, and still shaping the island today.”

Community voice

Julian Every

Story Experience Curator

“The experience is designed to invite reflection, not just deliver information.”

Community voice

Naomi Johnson

Community Heritage Voice

“What matters most is that the stories carry care, context, and human presence.”