Caribbean folk tales : stories from the islands and from the Windrush generation
Shearer, Wendy2022
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Caribbean islands are rich in oral stories. Steeped in history where ancestors arrived as slaves, many stories are of West African origin. Carried to the islands with rhythm and song, stories were blended with European and East Indian folklore. Professional storyteller Wendy Shearer has gathered together stories from many islands, with themes of magic and mystery, love and loss, tricksters and fools. Alongside the stories are reminiscences of migration from the Windrush generation - people who came from the Caribbean to Britain, shaping new stories to influence the old.
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Author:
Shearer, Wendy, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2022.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780750994897 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
398.209729
Language:
English
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BRN:
2288874