Agatha Royer

Agatha Royer is the owner of a double-gable roofed ti kai on L’Allay, the main street and cultural spine of Grand Bay. The house was built by her grandfather, a builder and woodworker who also ran a nearby estate. She left Grand Bay aged 22 to get married and live in Martinique, but visits her old home regularly – staying in the basement while her tenants rent upstairs, waiting for their own hurricane-damaged home to be repaired. 

Agatha, who was raised in the house by her aunt and grandmother, calls her ti kai ‘a monument’ that survived David and Maria unscathed.

This has post has been shortened to only include the first 100 words, not the full document as we don’t want to infringe on the book Still standing: the ti kais of Dominica