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Stories from the Islands and from the Windrush Generation
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 and East Indian folklore, with royalty, heroes and spirits exacting revenge. Alongside the stories are newly collected reminiscences of migration to Britain from Caribbean countries during the Windrush years. These first-hand accounts mirror the themes found in the folk tales with love and loss, magic and mystery, caution and justice.
Cric! Crac! Prepare to be enchanted by La Diablesse from Haiti, outsmarted by the trickster Anansi, or terrified by the shapeshifting Old Higue in Guyana.
4th August, 2020 in Folklore
My family were gathered in my home in Cornwall and I was telling a story, which I love doing and they are tolerant of, when one of my sons stopped me and said “I know this story, Rabbi Tann told it to us in cheder in Birmingham. Only he said it was a bowl of soup!” I was flabberg…
