11 Aug Callaloo Featured in Rolling Out Magazine
Callaloo author and co-creator marjuan Canaday was featured in Rolling Out Magazine to discuss Callaloo and what inspired the creation of the books and brand.
Here’s an excerpt:
“I didn’t intend to write Callaloo as a children’s book. In 2011, I went to see my friend, Etienne Charles, a Trinidadian trumpet player, perform at a jazz club in Manhattan. He performed a few songs from his album, “Folklore” which brilliantly crafted the folklore characters of Trinidad and Tobago into a creolized jazz piece. The characters that I grew up hearing about, “The Soucouyant” and “La Diablesse” were alive in that jazz club that night and within two hours, I saw an entire story based off Etienne’s music. For the next six months I researched the oral folklore traditions of the Caribbean and the Diaspora. The rich culture history and lack of public knowledge of these folkore traditions really motivated me to create Callaloo.”
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