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Creole Languages of the Caribbean

Four cloth sheep hang from a child's ceiling mobile

Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

Poem for Children with Trouble Sleeping

By Jean D’Amérique

don’t beat yourself up / that’s why the cops have jobs

Translated from Haitian Creole by Nathan H. Dize

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Dark coral reefs under aquamarine ocean water

Coral reefs in McBean Lagoon, off the coast of Providencia. Photo by Felviper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kriol Soldier

By Emiliana Bernard-Stephenson

These days Kriol is a song many people do not want to sing

Translated from San Andrés–Providencia Creole by the author

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A rocky stream in a tropical forest

Photo by Livestart Stiven on Unsplash

Catalina Loango

By Bernardino Pérez Miranda

There was only one way to escape the enchantment: the victim’s godmother had to call her name out loud three times at the door of Palenque’s church.

Translated from Palenquero by Armin Schwegler

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