Book description
Professional storyteller Wendy Shearer has gathered together stories from many Caribbean islands and countries, drawing on oral history and written texts to bring these folk tales to life. Many stories are of West African origin, kept alive through rhythm and song. These tales and their languages were blended with European…
Why read it?
1 author picked Caribbean Folk Tales as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was recommended this book at a local festival of African and Caribbean culture, by a storyteller who performed two of the tales from it - with music!
I love it that the tales come from many countries in the Caribbean, and reflect the many cultures that have gone into its melting pot, including West African, Indian and Indigenous peoples.
Even better, I don’t just get the tales, I get to hear about the tellers. Between the stories are recollections of the Windrush Generation, who emigrated from the Caribbean to Britain in the 1950s and 60s. As a British reader,…
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