Quote by Édouard Glissant: “The sea that separates us also connects us, a liquid continent.”

Glissant poetically describes the sea not as a barrier but as a vast, connecting medium that links different lands and peoples. It signifies a shared history and continuous interaction despite physical distance.

This metaphor reflects the Caribbean experience, where island nations are simultaneously distinct and profoundly interconnected by shared colonial histories, migrations, and a common geographical reality.

Martinican philosopher, novelist, and poet whose concept of 'Creolization' theorized Caribbean and global cultural identity as perpetually mixing and transforming. His 1990 work Poetics of Relation reshaped postcolonial and world literature theory.