Closely attentive to form and content, narrative and emotion, history and the contemporary, and inspired by the techniques of jazz, Travelogue of the Bereaved tells stories that are little known — the lives of persons of African descent at different periods in the Americas. These stories speak to our times and their foundations, recreating figures such as Marie Josephe Angelique, Viola Desmond, John Brown, Maryann Shadd, and Mumia.