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JUMBIES AN’ MOKO-JUMBIES-

Storyteller Yvette Brandy of St. Thomas and St. Kitts tells and sings about reproachful phantoms, steel pan Christmas, and visiting her Grandma, whose own mother was born in slavery.

Take a trip south to the land of fresh clove and mangos as Living on Earth presents its winter storytelling special with artists from the Caribbean. We begin with Yvette Brandy whose roots are in St. Kitts and St. Thomas. She spins yarns about those frequent Caribbean visitors, the Jhumbi ghosts, and brings us memories of Carnival, Christmas steel bands, and of her great-grandmother, who was a slave.