Parrotbeetie, hosted by Raafeke, is a podcast centered around West Indian culture, history, and short stories. Join Raafeke as he narrates stories and shares the inspiration behind them with the world.
In this episode, Raafeke comes with the long awaited end of the Nation Series, which has been ongoing since episode 6 of the podcast. After a year of creating content with a few pauses, Raafeke reflects on what this project has done for him as a writer and a West Indian person.
In this episode, Raafeke announces that the draft for Parrotbeetie as a collection of short stories is now complete, and he will be looking into publishing the collection in the coming year as he continues on the podcast.
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Important Links:
- https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/interview-may-fortune-about-banda-call-me-o
- https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/banda-call-me-o
- https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/quashi#:~:text=or%20Quashie%20(%CB%88kw%C9%91%CB%90%CA%83%C9%AA%20),Quashi%20that%20anyone%20can%20fool
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwasi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banda_people
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21 Nov 2023
Episode 33: A Farmer's Sword
In this episode, Raafeke talks about his Halloween experience in NYC before diving into into the last song of the Moko Collection. A recording of the Big Drum Dance song "Hou Mwen Ba File" is shared and broken down before Raafeke's affiliated short story, "A Farmer's Sword" is narrated.
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Important Sources:
- https://intracen.org/news-and-events/news/strengthening-the-caribbean-coconut-value-chain-next-stop-grenada#:~:text=Today%2C%20Grenada%20is%20attempting%20to,plans%20on%20leveraging%20this%20tradition
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRRX8qXAku8&list=PLzqUuihqA9R4wuXfFjTNxAMaprwSd-mWR&index=75
- https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/interview-may-fortune-about-cest-mwe-nani-moko
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26 Oct 2023
Episode 32: Nani Moko
In this episode, Raafeke talks about the importance of textual sources in research before introducing Carriacou's Moko Nation, preserved via it's Big Drum Dance Tradition. He also discusses the history of the Moko Jumbie in the Caribbean before sharing a recording of the Big Drum Dance song "Se Mwen Nani Moko" and narrating the story he wrote that was inspired by it.
Important Souces:
- https://www.amazon.com/Big-Drum-Ritual-Carriacou-Praisesongs/dp/081301607X (https://www.amazon.com/Big-Drum-Ritual-Carriacou-Praisesongs/dp/081301607X)
- https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/cest-mwe-nani-moko (https://archive.culturalequity.org/field-work/caribbean-1962/lesterre-862/cest-mwe-nani-moko)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moko_jumbie
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