Guest : Patric Tariq Mellet

In Heritage month Patric Tariq Mellet has been exploring the 195 hidden root cultures
among those Camissa Africans still classified by the Apartheid label ‘Coloured’ His
exploration of the Indian contribution is a personal one tracking his ancestor Caterina
van Malabar who arrives in the Cape in 1662. He connects her to the Kerala region in
India known as the land of the Gods where women carry heritage. This is what This is
what heritage month is all about he says- getting to know the “Ties that bind Us”.