Walk Good: African and Caribbean Folktales
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.
Episodes
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.' Ex...
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-ting...
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-tingli...
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 ...
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....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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/Ha...
Happy Kwanzaa from December 26th to January 1, we celebrate the 7 principles of Kwanzaa:
KUJICHAGULIA (Self-Determination):
UJIMA (Collective Work and Responsibility):
UJAMAA (Cooperative Economics)
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 epi...
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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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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