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Walk Good: African and Caribbean Folktales

Walk Good: African and Caribbean Folktales

By Kesha Christie

We share African and Caribbean folktales for the enjoyment of those young and young at heart, both at "home" and living in the African/Caribbean diaspora. Stories are retold by our storyteller Kesha Christie, the founder of Talkin' Tales. Our culture has a rich oral tradition and we seek to preserve it by educating and entertaining audiences with stories passed down from generation to generation.






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2 Crows and a Coffin - Jamaican folklore

Walk Good: African and Caribbean FolktalesOct 31, 2023

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2 Crows and a Coffin - Jamaican folklore

2 Crows and a Coffin - Jamaican folklore

October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. This episode concludes our series that highlight supernatural Caribbean folklore.


2 Crows and a Coffin Unearth the chilling Jamaican mystery of 'Two Crows and a Coffin.' Explore the eerie tales surrounding this foreboding omen and the unsettling encounters tied to its ominous presence Story told in this episode:

"2 Crows and a Coffin"


Resources:

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110526/cleisure/cleisure4.html#:~:text=In%20the%20late%201970s%2C%20a%20rumour%20swept%20the,that%20they%20were%20witnesses%20to%20this%20supernatural%20manifestation.

https://ajamaicaexperience.com/jamaican-obeah/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OVDq_WCfGw


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Oct 31, 202309:50
The Duppy of the Cotton Tree - Guyanese folklore

The Duppy of the Cotton Tree - Guyanese folklore

October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. The next few episode highlight Caribbean folklore let's begin with:


"The White witch of Rose Hall"

Unearth the 'Curse of the White Witch' in this spine-tingling episode. Delve into the eerie tale of Annie Palmer, the infamous 'White Witch of Rose Hall' in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Discover her alleged dark powers, cruel deeds, and the chilling legends that haunt this historic plantation house. Explore the mystery of her reign and the unsettling rituals she's said to have used to maintain her beauty and allure. Join us on a journey through the shadows of the past, as we unravel the tale of Annie Palmer and the lingering curses that echo through Rose Hall's storied halls.


Story retold in this episode:

"The Duppy of the cotton tree"


October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. The next few episode highlight Caribbean folklore.


The Duppy of the Cotton Tree Discover the mysteries of the Silk Cotton Tree, a symbol of caution and spirituality in the Caribbean. Beware of its haunting tales, where spirits and Duppies reside. Story retold in this episode:

"The Duppy of the Cotton Tree"

https://theculturetrip.com/caribbean/jamaica/articles/who-is-the-white-witch-of-rose-hall


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Oct 26, 202307:37
The White Witch of Rose Hall -Jamaican folklore

The White Witch of Rose Hall -Jamaican folklore

October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. The next few episode highlight Caribbean folklore let's begin with:


"The White witch of Rose Hall"

Unearth the 'Curse of the White Witch' in this spine-tingling episode. Delve into the eerie tale of Annie Palmer, the infamous 'White Witch of Rose Hall' in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Discover her alleged dark powers, cruel deeds, and the chilling legends that haunt this historic plantation house. Explore the mystery of her reign and the unsettling rituals she's said to have used to maintain her beauty and allure. Join us on a journey through the shadows of the past, as we unravel the tale of Annie Palmer and the lingering curses that echo through Rose Hall's storied halls.


Story retold in this episode:

"The White Witch or Rose Hall"

https://theculturetrip.com/caribbean/jamaica/articles/who-is-the-white-witch-of-rose-hall


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Oct 17, 202307:13
The Soucouyant -Trinidadian & Toboggan folklore

The Soucouyant -Trinidadian & Toboggan folklore

October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. The next few episode highlight Caribbean folklore let's begin with:


"The Soucouyant"

a Caribbean folklore figure known to live a double life appearing as a woman by day but at night able to peel off her skill soar through the sky like a fire ball and suck the blood of her victims leaving them weak and drained. The legend of the Soucuyant serves as a cautionary tale and a source of fear in Caribbean folklore warning of the dangers that lurk in the darkness of night


Story retold in this episode:

"The Soucouyant"

https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/hotline-the-folklore-of-the-soucouyant


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Oct 12, 202306:34
The Legend of LaDiablesse -Trinidadian & Toboggan folklore

The Legend of LaDiablesse -Trinidadian & Toboggan folklore

October is the month where Thanksgiving is celebrated along with Halloween. Caribbean people will tell you, we don't celebrate Halloween. But that doesn't mean we don't have superstitions or worry about things that go bump in the night. The next few episode highlight Caribbean folklore let's begin with:

"The Legend of La Diablesse"

a Caribbean folklore figure known for her beauty and malevolent nature. Explore her encounters with unsuspecting victims, the mystery surrounding her appearance, and the cautionary lessons embedded in the story.


Story retold in this episode:

"The Legend of La Diablesse" https://lifeintrinidadandtobago.com/folklore/


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Oct 05, 202306:27
Anansi and Lizard - Jamaican Folktale

Anansi and Lizard - Jamaican Folktale

Jamaican celebrates 61 years of independence on August 6, 2023. Let's celebrate with this story.

Story retold in this episode:

Anancy & Lizard

Anancy & Miss Lou - Sangster's Book Stores (January 1, 1979)- B000J2QC7Y

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Aug 29, 202309:32
Anansi the Oldest of all the animals - African Folktale

Anansi the Oldest of all the animals - African Folktale

The Animals had a debate over who was the oldest. They asked Anansi to be be the judge


Story retold in this episode:

Anansi oldest of all the animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-aozajz2-c


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Jul 27, 202306:04
Keg of Butter - Bahamian Folktale

Keg of Butter - Bahamian Folktale

The Bahamas celebrates 50 years of independence on July 10th, 2023. Let's celebrate with this B'bookie and B'Rabbie folktale.


What out what B'Rabbie is up to...


Story retold in this episode:

Keg of Butter

https://www.grandbahamamuseum.org/exhibits/culture/folklore-favorite-stories


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Jul 12, 202306:19
Sista Drygrass & Sista Fire - Jamaican Folktale

Sista Drygrass & Sista Fire - Jamaican Folktale

Sista Fire asked Sista Drygrass a question and all hell broke lose...


Story retold in this episode:

Sista Drygrass and Sista Fire

Anancy Stories: Caribbean Style edition  by Everal Emanuel McKenzie 

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Jun 21, 202309:49
How Turtle Fooled Rat - Guyanese Folktale

How Turtle Fooled Rat - Guyanese Folktale

Guyana celebrated it's independence on May 26th. This is a two for one


SeniBill and StupidiBill make a plan involving Mrs. Rose Cake shop. Followed by How Turtle fooled Rat, rat takes up turtle's challenge...


Story retold in this episode:

How Turtle fooled Rat

Caribbean Folk Tales: Stories from the Islands and the Windrush Generation by Wendy Shearer Follow us on our socials:

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Jun 14, 202307:59
Ears Tales and Commonsense - Caribbean Folktale

Ears Tales and Commonsense - Caribbean Folktale

When the earth was new the first animals did not look the way they do today...


Story retold in this episode:

Ears Tales and Commonsense by Philip Sherlock

Ears & Tails & Common Sense: More Stories From The Caribbean Paperback – Aug. 30 2002by P.M Sherlock (Author), H Sherlock (Author) Follow us on our socials:

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May 19, 202312:47
Why Sun and Moon live in the Sky - African Folktale

Why Sun and Moon live in the Sky - African Folktale

Sun and moon were the best of friends who lived on earth, find our why Sun and moon live in the sky.


Story retold in this episode:

Why does Sun and Moon live in the Sky?

http://www.clonburrisns.ie/uploads/1/6/6/1/16617588/za-l-2-tales-from-africa-why-the-sun-and-moon-live-in-the-sky-story_ver_2.pdf


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Apr 19, 202306:12
The Singing Pepper Bush- Vincentian Folktale

The Singing Pepper Bush- Vincentian Folktale

Have you ever wonder why there is misery in the world?  This How and Why folktale gives us the answer

Story retold in this episode:

The Singing Pepper Bush

Tales from the Caribbean by Trish Cooke ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141373089


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Apr 06, 202312:11
Why Misery Remains in the World - Puerto Rican Folktale

Why Misery Remains in the World - Puerto Rican Folktale

Have you ever wonder why there is misery in the world?  This How and Why folktale gives us the answer

Story retold in this episode:

Why Misery remains in the World

Greedy Mariani and Other Folktales of the Antilles Dorothy Sharp Carter

ISBN 10: 0689304250  ISBN 13: 9780689304255

Publisher: Atheneum, 1974

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Mar 15, 202307:33
Tiger Soup - Jamaican Folktale

Tiger Soup - Jamaican Folktale

Are you ready for another Anancy story, find out  what happens with Tiger and the soup.

Story retold in this episode:

Tiger Soup An Anansi Story from Jamaica

http://soupsong.com/stiger.html

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Feb 23, 202309:50
The Monkey who asked for misery- Haitian Folktale

The Monkey who asked for misery- Haitian Folktale

Have you every been told you ask for too much.  Find out what happens when monkey asks to lots and lots of misery.

Story retold in this episode:

The monkey who asked for misery

https://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/cms/lib/NJ01001766/Centricity/Domain/868/The-Monkey-Who-Asked-for-Misery.pdf

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Jan 19, 202307:28
Uncle Bouki gets whee-ai - Haitian Folktale

Uncle Bouki gets whee-ai - Haitian Folktale

Happy New Year!

Haiti celebrates it's independence on January 1st.  

The story we share in this episode is a Bouki story,  These stories have been told for as long as people can remember.  They teach us how to live and how to behave.  Bouki is a character that is very foolish or easily confused.

Story retold in this episode:

Uncle Bouki gets whee-ai

https://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Haiti_Literature.pdf


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Jan 05, 202304:48
The Three Tests- A Kwanzaa story - African Folktale

The Three Tests- A Kwanzaa story - African Folktale

Happy Kwanzaa from December 26th to January 1, we celebrate the 7 principles of Kwanzaa:

UMOJA (Unity)

KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination):
UJIMA (Collective Work and Responsibility):

UJAMAA (Cooperative Economics)

NIA (Purpose)

KUUMBA (Creativity)

IMANI (Faith)

https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/11/kwanzaa_stories.html

Each principle has a story and the story in this episode celebrates Kujichagulia

Story in this episode:

The three tests.

Resource: https://eshu.folktales.net/resources/kwanzaa/kujichagulia.html

Happy Holidays

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Dec 28, 202210:07
The Best Gift of All - The Legend of La Vieja Belén - Dominican Republic Folktale

The Best Gift of All - The Legend of La Vieja Belén - Dominican Republic Folktale

La Vieja Belén is very hardworking and is often too busy to sit with friends because she was always doing something.  Until the day she is visited by 3 Kings...

Story in this episode:

The Best Gift of All - The Legend of La Vieja Belén

Resource:  https://books.google.ca/books/about/Best_gift_of_all.html?id=j3VJAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y

Happy Holidays

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Dec 22, 202207:43
Pig and Long Mout - Jamaican Folktale

Pig and Long Mout - Jamaican Folktale

Once upon a Christmas time, Anancy was up to his trickster ways...

Story in this episode:

Pig & Long Mout

Resource:  Louise Bennett  Anancy and Miss Lou,  Page 5

Seasons Greetings

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Dec 14, 202209:09
Magic Flight - Bajan/ Barbadian Folktale

Magic Flight - Bajan/ Barbadian Folktale

In this episode we are sharing with you an Bajan/ Barbadian folktale.  Barbados celebrates it's independence from British rule on November 30th.  Barbados received it's independence on November 30, 1966.

Let's celebrate with story!!!

A boy and a giant play dice...

Story in this episode:

Magic Flight

Resource:  The Journal of American Folklore  Barbados Folklore - Vol. 38, No. 148 (Apr. - Jun., 1925), pp. 267-292 (26 pages)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/535030?seq=9#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Dec 01, 202205:48
Snake & Hunter - Surinamese Folktale

Snake & Hunter - Surinamese Folktale

In this episode we are sharing with you an Surinamese Folktale.  Suriname celebrates it's independence from Dutch rule on November 25th.  Suriname received it's independence on November 25, 1975.

Let's celebrate with story!!!

How do your repay and act of kindness?

Story in this episode:

Snake and Hunter

Resource:  The Journal of American Folklore  Vol. 30, No. 116 (Apr. - Jun., 1917), pp. 239-250 (12 pages)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/534344?seq=10#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Nov 24, 202209:04
The Taxi Ride - African Folktale - Ghana

The Taxi Ride - African Folktale - Ghana

In this episode we are sharing with you an African Folktale.

Why do a Donkey, a goat and a dog behave in different ways around cars.

Story in this episode:

The Taxi Ride

Resource:  How & Why stories world tales kids can read & tell by Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss

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Nov 10, 202205:33
Rounce - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Folklore

Rounce - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Folklore

St. Vincent and the Grenadines celebrate their independence on October 27th.  They received their independence in 1979.  Let's celebrate with this story about Rounce.

Although the Caribbean does no celebrate Halloween there are many things that go bump in the night.

Rounce is an evil character which grunts like a pig and will carry you away if it finds you outside of the house after dark. 

Story in this episode:

Rounce

Resource:  https://www.searchlight.vc/special-feature/2008/10/24/the-cultural-heritage-of-st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/

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Oct 28, 202208:48
Why the Crocodile has no tongue - Cuban Folktale

Why the Crocodile has no tongue - Cuban Folktale

How and why stories explain the things we don't understand.  This old Cuban folktale explains why the crocodile has no tongue.

Cuba celebrates it's independence on October 10th and first received independence in 1902.

Story retold in this episode:

Why the crocodile has no tongue

Resource:  

https://books.google.ca/books?id=AIgMN-ZOkIwC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=why+crocodile+has+no+tongue+cuban+legend+folktale&source=bl&ots=9MD0nTq0Ez&sig=ACfU3U17c5cKZbjKweW6rb7BVjDLsek_cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUrfCWn9z6AhWDhIkEHYWFBeEQ6AF6BAguEAM#v=onepage&q=why%20crocodile%20has%20no%20tongue%20cuban%20legend%20folktale&f=false

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Oct 13, 202206:56
Bird Cherry Island - Jamaican Folktale

Bird Cherry Island - Jamaican Folktale

An Anancy story.  Anancy wants to find out what the birds are up to,  find out what happens when anancy takes flight

Story retold in this episode:

Bird Cherry Island

Resource:  Ken Bowen - Jamaican Canadian Association Seniors group

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Oct 06, 202207:31
Cockroach and Fowl - Jamaican Folktale

Cockroach and Fowl - Jamaican Folktale

Happy 103 birthday Miss Lou.  September 7th is Dr. Louise Bennett Coverly's birthday.  She is a national treasure and the person who brought Jamaican Patois to the world.

Story retold in this episode:

Cockroach and Fowl 

Resource: Anancy and Miss Lou by Louise Bennett

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Sep 08, 202206:47
Anancy and Five (Yam Hills) - Jamaican Folktale

Anancy and Five (Yam Hills) - Jamaican Folktale

Jamaica celebrates 60 years of independence in 2022. Jamaica first received it's independence on August 6, 1962.   There motto is out of many , one people.  Let's celebrate with this story.

Story retold in this episode:

Anancy and Five (yam hills)

Resource: http://anansistories.com/Traditional_Stories.html

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Aug 31, 202206:13
The three sons - Bahamian Folktale

The three sons - Bahamian Folktale

The Bahamas celebrates it's independence on July 10.  There motto is Forward, Onward Upward Together.  Let's celebrate with this story. 

Story retold in this episode:

The three sons

Resource: https://gullahgeecheeconnection.wordpress.com/folk-tales/

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Jul 14, 202209:24
Anansi and His Sons - African Folktale

Anansi and His Sons - African Folktale

This is a African folktale about Anansi and his six sons.  This story is often used during Kwanzaa to illustrate UMOJA, or unity.  Find out what happens when all of Anansi's sons work together to save him and there is only one reward to give.

Story retold in this episode:

Anansi & His Sons

Resource: http://mail.danielharper.org/story20.htm

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Jul 06, 202206:55
Why John Crown have peel Head - Jamaican Folktale

Why John Crown have peel Head - Jamaican Folktale

This is a Jamaican folktale about Anancy & John Crow.  John Crown is a Jamaican common Vulture also known as turkey vulture.

Story retold in this episode:

Why John Crown have peel head

Resource: Annancy Stories by Pamela Colman Smith

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Jun 10, 202208:05
The Cunning Tortoise - African Folktale

The Cunning Tortoise - African Folktale

African Folktales has a number of trickster characters our favorite is Anansi,  this folktale is about tortoise.

Story retold in this episode:

The cunning Tortoise

Resource: https://edspace.american.edu/thelma-ekeocha/2020/06/26/the-cunning-tortoise/

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Jun 02, 202207:32
How Mockingbird tricked Alligator - Guyanese Folktale

How Mockingbird tricked Alligator - Guyanese Folktale

Guyana celebrates 56 years on independence on May 26th

Guyana's motto: One People, One Nation, One Destiny

In this episode we celebrate Guyana's Independence with a Folktale

Story retold in this episode:

How Mockingbird tricked Alligator

Resource: Dorothy St. Aubyn's Caribbean Fables Animal stories from Guyana and the Antilles

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May 25, 202208:01
The Vain Rooster - Cuban Folktale

The Vain Rooster - Cuban Folktale

Stories told at parties and other gatherings are know as Cuentos Cubanos.

Story retold in this episode:

The vain rooster

Resource: https://www.storycove.com/rooster-s-night-out-summary

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May 19, 202207:44
The Story of Thunder and Lightening - Nigerian Folktale

The Story of Thunder and Lightening - Nigerian Folktale

Stories are told at events where people gather to listen and participate in stories about past deeds, traditions, morals and myths.

Story retold in this episode:

The story of Thunder and Lightening

Resource: https://www.chesswood.w-sussex.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=15564&type=pdf

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May 12, 202207:00
The Tortoise Who Flew to Heaven - Folktale from the Antilles

The Tortoise Who Flew to Heaven - Folktale from the Antilles

This story is from the islands of the Antilles, we know them as the Caribbean islands.  The Antilles are made up of three groups The Bahamas (islands and reefs), the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.  

Story retold in this episode:

The Tortoise who flew to heaven

Resource: Greedy Mariani by Dorothy Sharp Carter

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May 05, 202210:49
 Monkey and the Bee - Cameroon Folktale

Monkey and the Bee - Cameroon Folktale

Stories are alive and well in Cameroon, stories are like listening to elders when they speak. This African folktale teaches a valuable lesson

Story retold in this episode:

The story of the Monkey and the Bee

Resource: the Sacred Door and other Stories Cameroon Folktales of the Beba by Makuchi

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Apr 28, 202209:55
Anancy and the Guinea Bird - Antiguan Folktale

Anancy and the Guinea Bird - Antiguan Folktale

Antiguan stories are told about legends, folklore and folktale with characters such as Anancy.

Story retold in this episode:

Anancy and the Guinea Bird

Resource: Pearls of Wisdom by Rauf Mama & Mary Romney

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Apr 21, 202210:27
Toad & Donkey A Jamaican Folktale

Toad & Donkey A Jamaican Folktale

Jamaicans have a creative way of entertaining themselves and storytelling is one of those activities.  Stories are told wherever and whenever people congregate.

Story retold in this episode:

Toad & Donkey

Resource: Jamaican Song and Stories - http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/47/65/00001/AA00064765_00001.pdf

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Apr 14, 202210:01
Rabbit's Long Ears - A Cuban Folktale

Rabbit's Long Ears - A Cuban Folktale

Folktales in Cuba are known as "Cuentos Cubanos".  These are the stories told at parties, at work, in meetings and in the streets.

Story retold in this episode:

Rabbit's Long Ears

Resource: Greedy Mariani and other folktales of the Antilles by Dorothy Sharp Carter

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Apr 07, 202211:08
How Cats and Dogs became Enemies - St. Lucian Folktale

How Cats and Dogs became Enemies - St. Lucian Folktale

Folktales in St. Lucia are know as Tim Tim stories.  These French creole stories called Animal tales original in African form part of St. Lucian Folklore.  These stories are designed to Instruct and entertain

Storyteller: E di Queek

Listeners: E Di Quack

Story retold in this episode:

How Cats and Dogs became enemies

Resource: Once upon a time in Saint Lucia by Jacintha Annius-Lee

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Mar 30, 202208:57
The Lost Message - A Zulu Folktale

The Lost Message - A Zulu Folktale

The Zulu people are the single largest ethnic group in South Africa, numbering 9 million in the late 20th century.

Stories are an essential part of the Zulu tradition. 


Story retold in this episode:

The lost message 


Resource: https://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/saft/sft04.htm


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Mar 23, 202208:40
Plantain or Plantain?

Plantain or Plantain?

There seems to bee a debate on whether this delicious fruit is pronounced "plantin" or "plantain".

I am team "plantin" spelled plantain

Here are some facts

Referred to as the cooking banana as it is very starchy and needs to be cooked before eating where are the regular banana is considered s desert banana that can be eaten without cooking

Plantain is indigenous to South Asia made its way to African and Brought to the Caribbean by the Spanish and African slave traders.

It has become a staple in Caribbean cuisine.

Let’s get into the stories

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain

Breinburg, Petronella Stories form the Caribbean, 2000

Story retold in this episode:

Bre-Nancy and the 13 Plantains

Bre-Nancy needs to find for for his family when he spots Bre-bush Rats plantains, what happens next

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Mar 17, 202211:23
Some Stories never end...

Some Stories never end...


The world is opening up again and the events that have been cancelled for the last two years are coming back. Every excited to get back out into the community and see people in person!

Mask mandates ending shortly not sure how we feel about that. But very happy to no ask people about vaccination status. That line politics and religion, don’t ask.

Let’s get into the stories

Resources:

Caribbean stories, retold by Robert Hull, Thomson Learning, 1994

Story retold in this episode:

The story without an end

Chief loves is daughter but does not want her to marry. He creates an impossible test or is it?

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Mar 11, 202210:37
Dominican Republic Independence - Latin Folktale

Dominican Republic Independence - Latin Folktale

Dominican Republic independence on February 27.

Flag meaning - The red symbolizes the blood spilled by the fighters in the war of independence; the blue represents the sky raised above the country and from where God protects the nation and its ideas of progress while the white symbolizes the peace and union of the Dominicans.

Motto: God, Homeland Freedom

Resources:

https://www.visitdominicanrepublic.org/flag-of-dominican-republic#:~:text=The%20red%20symbolizes%20the%20blood,and%20union%20of%20the%20Dominicans.

Center for Latin American, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1985/1989

Story retold in this episode:

Who rules the roost?

Is it the man or the woman, two friends find out

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Mar 04, 202211:41
Kwik Kwak - St. Lucia Independence

Kwik Kwak - St. Lucia Independence

St. Lucia celebrates independence on February 22. They gain independence in 1979.

Motto: The land, the people, the light...

Known for drive in volcano

Resources:

Jacintha Annius-Lee Once Upon a time in St. Lucia, 2018

Story retold in this episode:

Never be rude to a stanger

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Feb 25, 202213:22
Black History Month - African American tale

Black History Month - African American tale

Black History Month 

February is Black history Month, borrow a line form Ms. G.H.E.T.T.O. stories our history should never be a mystery. This is a time where black excellence and black contribution is celebrated, I gives our children a chance to see their history in the classrooms. Have you ever wondered what life would belief if there were not black people in the world?

Resources:

https://williamsonlibrary.lib.wv.us/African%20American/what_if_there_were_no_black_peop.htm

Story retold in this episode:

What if there were no black people in the world

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Feb 17, 202216:13
Grenadian Independence - Creole Folktale

Grenadian Independence - Creole Folktale

Black History Month – Grenadian Independence Day

February is Black history Month, for most of use we celebrate every day. This is a time where black excellence and black contribution is celebrated I gives our children a chance to see their history in the classrooms.

All the things happening during black history month.

February 6 Bob Marley’s birthday and s celebrated as Bob Marley Day.

February 7this Grenada Independence Day. In 2022 Grenada is celebrated 48 years on independence. Independence was received on February 7, 1974.

Grenada’s motto - “Ever conscious of God, we aspire, build and advance as one people” - http://www.gov.gd › national-symbols-grenada

Grenada Flag Colours - The green epitomises the islands' vegetation and agriculture, while the yellow evokes the sun, as well as the warmth and wisdom of Grenadians. The red represents harmony, unity, courage, and vitality. Altogether, these three colours represent the Pan-Africanist movement. - https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Flag_of_Grenada

Resources:

The Caribbean Story Finder # 267 – Dog in Basket

Story retold in this episode:

Dog in Basket – Grenadian Folktale

Talkin’ Tales 2022 Captivate & Inspire Storytelling Event is happening this Saturday February 12, 2022 3-5 pm EST. Amazing performances, entertainment, giveaways

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Feb 10, 202209:32
The Jamaican Maroons

The Jamaican Maroons

The Maroons of Jamaica

The Maroon Celebration takes place annually on January 6th.

Who are the maroons?

The maroons descend from Africa who freed themselves from slavery in Jamaican and established communities of freed black people in the mountainous interior of Jamaica. They were the first to develop refugee communities.

The Maroons revolted against he British causing economic harm to the sugar industry. British. The British were not successful in theses revolts soldiers either go lost or were rumored to have said that her forest just got up and attacked them.

Treaties were signed with the Leeward Maroons in 1739 and the Leeward Maroons in 1740, giving them land. The treaties required the maroons to support the institution of slavery by returning run away salves. The treaties were signed but the battles continued for more than a century until the massive uprising in 1831 that lead to the abolition of slavery in Jamaican and the British colonies in the Caribbean.

The word Maroon comes from the Spanish word Cimaroon meaning “fierce” or “unruly”.

The descendants of the maroons celebrate life, legacy and Queen Nanny at the annual event. Queen Nanny is known as one of the earliest leaders of slave resistance in the Americas, and one of very few women. She is Jamaica’s only female National hero and was a well-known leader of the Jamaican Maroons in the eighteenth century.

Resources:

Jamaican Maroons, Wikipedia, en.m.wkipeadia.org

Https://cyber.harvard.edu

https://paullewinart.tumblr.com/post/100481741771/nanny-and-the-pumpkin-seeds-this-piece-was

Story retold in this episode:

Queen Nanny & the Pumpkin seeds

The Maroons were on the brink of starvation and surrender, queen nanny heard a voice…

https://paullewinart.tumblr.com/post/100481741771/nanny-and-the-pumpkin-seeds-this-piece-was

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Jan 14, 202208:21
Cric? Crac! - Haitian Independence

Cric? Crac! - Haitian Independence

Haiti Independence – Cric? Crac!

Haiti obtained it’s independence on January 1, 1804

Making Haiti the first Black republic in the word and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery.

Haiti has two official languages French and Haitian Creole

Haiti also recognises voodoo as an official religion.

Haiti’s motto: L’Union Fail la force (Unity makes Strength)

Story retold in this episode:

The Magic Orange Tree

Haitian Folktale what will happen to wicked stepmother

Wolkstein, Diane, The Magic Orange tree and other Haitian folktales, random house - 1978

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Jan 05, 202211:21