MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Calvin G. Brown | May 9, 2026 - For generations, the journey between West Africa and the Caribbean — two regions bound by history, culture, and blood — has been anything but direct. Travellers endured gruelling layovers in European or North American airports, navigated multiple visa requirements, and clocked more than 20 hours in transit just to cross an ocean that once, centuries ago, their ancestors crossed without a choice. That era is now over.