Ole tales, sweet memories: My father and his unique stories from Sint Maarten

“Bringing the stories together and delving into sweet memories of my humble, loving father was an emotional journey”. Maria Plantz contributes a short biography and further background for the reader. ‘The remarkable stories of Irving Plantz’, as they are referred to by Dr. Jos de Roo were

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found in the archives of Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. The stories compiled by Irving Plantz were phonetically written in ‘Sin Matin’ English and recorded and broadcast to the English speaking islands of the Netherlands Antilles between 1949 and 1952. This is a unique collection of 18 stories in the oral literature tradition of Sint Maarten. Dr. Jos de Roo, who found the stories, contributes some elucidation based on the research for his thesis: ‘Praatjes voor de West’.

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