Abstract

This article analyses a corpus of writings about travels published since 1990 by authors from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. The analysis is organized around three fundamental axes according to the type of displacement described: the migratory journey to the metropolis, the journey of Afro-descendant memory to Africa and the return journey or visit to the Caribbean. In theoretical terms, the proposal dialogues with diaspora conceptualizations and postcolonial criticism. The article proposes that the experience and reflection on the travel experience plays a central role in the articulation of discourses and imaginaries and the configuration of a diasporic space of enunciation. In this space, Caribbean migrant communities recover memories, recognize affiliations, articulate demands and elaborate alternative identity projects.