• the ocean holds stories we forgot we knew

    I'm Christal Clashing — Antiguan ocean rower, freediver, author, and aquatic educator. My life's work is restoring fractured relationships between people and the sea: through adventure, education, and story.

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    Yemoja's Anansi: A Short Story - an Afro-Caribbean speculative story exploring black aquatic culture and heritage.

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    Swim programmes, aquatic fear transformation, and speaking engagements.

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    Adventures, storytelling projects, and ocean dispatches.

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    Yemoja's Anansi begins in the deep. A speculative Afro-Caribbean story about ocean fear, cultural memory, and a woman who crossed the Middle Passage. Sign up to receive the first chapter straight to your inbox.