African Diaspora at Internet Archive: Haitian Creole

For today's Caribbean resource, it's all about Haitian Creole, with a book that includes a description of Haitian Creole plus a grammar, vocabulary, and abundant texts, including 25 folktales, plus proverbs and riddles and other material: Haitian Creole by Robert A. Hall, Jr.

The texts are presented with the Creole and English side by side, as you can see in this screenshot (click on the image for a larger view):

Here is a list of the folktale titles: Bouqui, Zombie and Bouquinette ~ Bouqui as Saddle-Horse ~ Malice Rides Bouqui ~ Bouqui in Love with the King's Child ~ Bouqui, Malice and Monkey ~ Bouqui Eats Own Mother ~ Bouqui and Malice Get Bird's Eggs ~ Big Klaus and Little Klaus ~ Bouqui at the Tailor's ~ Bouqui's Goat ~ Malice and Monkey's Tongue ~ King of Devils and Children ~ Bluebeard: Magical Escape ~ Why Dog Hates Cat ~ The Country Without Women ~ Ambition Kills the Rat ~ The King's Daughter's Ring ~ Wadile: Money-Giving Lizard ~ Sister and Brother: Clean and Dirty Water ~ Cat, Goat, and Dog ~ The Lion and the Donkey ~ The Thief and the Lord ~ Boy and Syrup-Vendor ~ Cherubin and Captain's Daughter ~ Laline ~ Brother Crab-Fisher and Brother Parrot ~ Man Bewitches Girl ~ Beautiful Son ~ The Tortoise and the Birds ~ The Misfortune They Cast on the Man who Killed a Snake ~ Tasting Rice ~ Jeanty-Henri: Cochon-Gras ~ Poor Boy who Married the King's Daughter ~ Man Eats Bird ~ Bull and Calf: Father vs Son ~ How Hawk Came to Eat Chicken.

One of Hall's collaborators on this project was Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, the author of Creole Tales from Haiti which I wrote about earlier at this blog.

So, if you are curious about Bouqui and Malice and/or if you are curious about Haitian Creole, this is the book for you, and it's just a click away at the Internet Archive:

Haitian Creole

by Robert A. Hall, Jr.