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Tale by Heidi Muijen – drawing by Chrisje Ronde Translated into English by Joke Koppius and Greg Suffanti Once, in prehistoric times in the deepest of waters, a brave Octopoda encountered a Dogwinkle. The carnivorous gastropod introduced herself as “Nucella lapillus” and boasted that the entire North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean, from the Strait […]
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Kompa Nanzi ku Kompa Kriki ― Kompa Nanzi and Kompa Kriki Nilda Pinto From: Pinto, N. (2018, 1st edition). Kuenta di e araña Kompa Nanzi; Stories of the spider Kompa Nanzi. Curaçao: Fundashon Instituto Raúl Römer (p. 132-136) Kompa Kriki[1] tabata gran amigu di Nanzi. P’esei Nanzi a kombid’é bin pasa dia serka dje. Kompa
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Nanzi ku Koma Warawara ― Nanzi and Koma Warawara Nilda Pinto From: Pinto, N. (2018, 1st edition). Kuenta di e araña Kompa Nanzi; Stories of the spider Kompa Nanzi. Curaçao: Fundashon Instituto Raúl Römer. (p. 122-131) Un dia Nanzi a manda Pegasaya bai buska pida kandela serka Komader Warawara[1]. Koma Warawara tabata tota pinda. Un
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By Fred de Haas – translation into English by Greg Suffanti Nanzi’s stories are an inseparable part of the Caribbean heritage. Tens of thousands of Caribenos have listened breathlessly as children to the pranks the African Spider have played on people and animals, often larger than himself. In 1952, the Curacao teacher Nilda Jerusun Pinto collected
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Nanzi ku e kolebra Barbakiná ― Nanzi and the snake Barbakiná Nilda Pinto From: Pinto, N. (2018, 1st edition). Kuenta di e araña Kompa Nanzi; Stories of the spider Kompa Nanzi. Curaçao: Fundashon Instituto Raúl Römer. (p. 92-97) Koma Barbakiná tabata pepe di Pegasaya, e yu mas chikitu di Kompa Nanzi. Tur ora e madrina
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The Sacred Talking Drum and the Spider Originally told by Mrs. Annie Lydie Idime in Mbomo and translated into French by Théophane Bokaka Bouanga. Retold in Dutch by Heidi Muijen and Tess van Dongen and translated into English by Greg Suffanti – for QFWF- Animal wisdom collection nr. 2 Being proud of your heritage does not
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