As soon as they were brought into the courtroom and placed in the prisoners’ docks they started shouting. “They lying on people. We ain’t went nowhere around there. Them police just trying to cook up a story against we.” Continue reading
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Story: The Ol’ Higue on Market Street – By Kevin Garbaran
Kevin Garbaran
Andre Haynes July 14, 2019 – Stabroek News — Writer’s Room
The author – Kevin Garbaran – is from Zorg village, Essequibo. Guyana. South America.
“Jumbie is not real” is what nine year old Devika had come to believe after her teacher interjected the idea into a conversation she was having with two of her friends during lunch break. Ms. Beverly explained that those were only stories and folktales from a time long ago, meant to frighten lil children. Devika clung to this notion, partially because she had never seen a Jumbie in real life, but mostly because the thought of any Jumbie being real terrified her. Continue reading →
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