Walk Good: African and Caribbean Folktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Jamaican  #Folktales #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African  #Folktales  #Independenceday #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #Bahamas #Bahamian #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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  Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African  #Folktales   #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #Jamaica #Jamaican #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African  #Folktales   #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #Guyana #Guyanese #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African  #Folktales   #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #African  #Folktales   #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #vincentian   #Folktales  #Anansi #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #PuertoRican   #Folktales  #Anansi #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Jamaican #Folktales  #Anansi #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Haiti #Haitian #Folktales  #independenceday #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #bouki #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Haiti #Haitianindependence #Folktales  #independenceday #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #bouki #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #happykwanzaa #community  #anancy #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #celebration #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #DominicanRepublic #Legend #Christmas #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #Gift #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #Jamaica #Anancy #Christmas #caribbeanstrong #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #Anansi #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #African #Bajan #Barbados #caribbeanstrong #howandwhy #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #African #Ghana #Ghanaian #caribbeanstrong #howandwhy #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun#caribbeanfolktales

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #african #worldtales #Folktales  #African #Ghana #Ghanaian #caribbeanstrong #howandwhy #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun

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/ Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #St. Vincent #Vinci #st.vincentandthegrenadinesindependence  #st.vincentandthegrenadines #rounce #folklore #caribbeanstrong #Independence #animalstories #caribbeanlife   #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun

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 http://www.saudicaves.com/mx/croc/croc-dog-tale.html Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #cuban #cuba #cubanindependence #Independence #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #Trickster #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun

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 Follow us on our socials: Facebook: Talkin' Tales Instagram: @talkin_tales YouTube: Talkin' Tales www.talkintales.com #storytelling #caribbean #culture #Jamaican #Jamaica #Jamaicanindependence  #Jamaica60 #Anancy #MissLou #misslou #Anansi #Independence #animalstories #caribbeanlife  #Trickster #africandiaspora #Celebrate #diaspora #caribbeandiaspora #fables #folktales #blackartist #trickstertale #storytellingmatters #talkintales #stories #storiesforkids #family #qualitytime #MQT #storiesforadults #storiesforfamilies #stories #storyteller #tales #fun