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Anansi Masters - Curacao G03 - Palm, Guineta de - Nanzi and the Tar Puppet
Nanzi and the Tar Puppet told by Guineta de Palm, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Escaping the death penalty.Description: Nanzi steels fruit from the King's garden. He gets caught when he gets trapped by a puppet of sticky tar. How can he avoid being hanged?Content: The fruits in the garden of the King look so good to Nanzi, that he...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G08 - Lebacs, Diana - How Nanzi lost his Afro hairstyle
How Nanzi lost his Afro hairstyle told by Diana Lebacs, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Punished for a bad habit.Description: Nanzi thinks he does not need to work for food. He ends having lost his Afro hair.Content: Nanzi used to have a lot of hair in Afro style. It took him the whole morning to take care of it. By the time he had...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H03 - Correa, Desiree - Nanzi and the Princess
Nanzi and the Princess told by Desiree Correa, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Nanzi takes revenge.Description: By coincidence, Nanzi finds out the strange effects of apples on the size of his nose. When the evil Princess takes his storybook, Nanzi can use his knowledge to retrieve the book but also to take revenge.Content: Nanzi picks red...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H14 - Acosta, Jarmine Marisol Medina - Nanzi and the curse by Cinco
Nanzi and the curse by Cinco told by Jarmine Marisol Medina Acosta, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Using someone's curse to enrich yourself.Description: Cinco pronounces a curse that makes anyone die who pronounces her name. Nanzi makes an agreement with Cinco that makes him rich but in the end Cinco turns against him.Content: Joswin...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G14 - Eleonora, Calviany - Nanzi collects eggs
Nanzi collects eggs told by Calviany Eleonora, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Never be greedy.Description: Nanzi steals eggs from Snake. But because he is greedy, he almost gets caught.Content: Nanzi sends his daughter Pegasaya to borrow a candle from Sésé, who is just baking pumpkin pancakes with real eggs. When Nanzi hears about the...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H02 - Valles Hermoso, Milly Patricia - Nanzi and the King
Nanzi and the King told by Milly Patricia Valles Hermoso, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Finding a way to do an impossible job.Description: Nanzi finds extra strength by speaking in a peculiar way.Content: Nanzi is sent for by the King. He wants Nanzi to move a giant rock from one place to another place in the garden. Nanzi thinks not even...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G01 - Colastica, Roy - Nanzi and Death
Nanzi and Death told by Roy Colastica, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao. The storyteller Roy Colastica (or 'Rói' or 'Roland') was the presentor of the Anansi Masters storytelling event on Curacao. Due to his obligations as Master of Ceremony, he was not able to be interviewed after his story.Subject: Why nobody dies in Nanzi storiesDescription:...
Dutch slave trade
This dataset contains information on the seavoyage of Dutch slave traders in the 17th and 18th century. It includes the number of slaves that boarded the ship in Africa, the number of deaths, places of departure and places of landing, etc.A codebook explaining the collumns of the datasheet is attached.
Anansi Masters - Curacao G06 - Quast, Laura Lucille - Nanzi and the King's horse
Nanzi and the King's horse told by Laura Lucille Quast, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Taking risk in abusing the situationDescription: Nanzi takes up the risky task to take care of the King's horse but takes advantage in doing so.Content: Nobody is keen on taking care of the King's horse, because the King has said that the one who...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G12 - Loos, Alice - Nanzi and Tiger come to an agreement
Nanzi and Tiger come to an agreement told by Alice Loos, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Making a agreement with the enemy to improve both positions.Description: Nanzi and Tiger execute a plan that will make the Cow the victim.Content: To fight the hunger Nanzi goes to Tiger to strike a deal. When Tiger pretends that he died, Nanzi will...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H09 - Figaroa-Geerman, Eta - Nanzi's bet with Sésé
Nanzi's bet with Sésé told by Eta Figaroa, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Cheating people to win an important bet.Description: Nanzi wins the daughter of Sésé in a bet by cheating innocent people.Content: Nanzi and Sésé make a bet: the one who comes back first with food or money can have his child marry the daughter of the other one. Nanzi...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H05 - Rodriguez-Tromp, Emira - Nanzi's spit
Nanzi's spit told by Emira Rodriguez-Tromp, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Nanzi's spitDescription: The King wants the thief of his sheep to be caught. Tiger disguises himself as a sheep and almost manages to catch Nanzi.Content: The King is angry because someone is steeling his sheep. He puts up a reward for the one who catches the thief....
Anansi Masters - Aruba H11 - Gietel, Astrid Yvonne - A bet by Nanzi
A bet by Nanzi told by Astrid Yvonne Gietel, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Proving that you are not stupid through a ruse.Description: Nanzi challenges a man who says he is stupid. He makes a bet that the man can not even repeat three words that Nanzi gives him. The man takes up the challenge and loses.Content: An acquaintance of Nanzi...
Traced interlopers, 1674-1730
This database contains 85 to 90 percent of the Dutch interlopers between 1674 and 1730. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the word ‘interloper’ (lorrendraaier) generally referred to a smuggler ship, a ship trading goods and slaves out of the monopoly of the West Indian Company. ‘Since interloper activity was illegal, documentation concerning its role is difficult...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H10 - Danies, Joan - Nanzi and Tukema honor a deceased
Nanzi and Tukema honor a deceased told by Joan Danies, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Benefit from someone's sorrow.Description: Nanzi and Tukema join a commemoration ceremony of a rich woman. They pretend to have known her and find a way to rob the family.Content: Nanzi and Tukema enter a house during a mourning ceremony for a very rich...
Shipping Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie in the Eighteenth Century
This dataset consists of several datafiles containing information on voyages by Dutch slave ships from Middelburg to Africa and Surinam, Curaçao, Berbice or other Caribbean destinations and back, covering the period 1721-1760.
Anansi Masters - Curacao G02 - Koeyers, Eligio (Boy)- Mister Throw Far Away
Mister Throw Far Away told by Eligio (Boy) Koeyers, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Searching for foodDescription: Nanzi finds a strange gap in the ground. He devises a ruse to get food.Content: In this story about Kompa Nanzi, we meet him in a time of drought. Due to the drought Nanzi is unable to feed his family. His wife sends Nanzi...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G07 - Sling, Rose Marie, Nana Rosa - How Nanzi tricked the Devil
How Nanzi tricked the Devil told by Rose Marie Sling (Nana Rosa), recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: How Nanzi tricked the DevilDescription: Nanzi gets an impossible mission but his wit helps him to accomplish it.Content: Nanzi does not want to give up his life of luxury, but his money is running out. Then the Devil strikes a deal with him....
Anansi Masters - Curacao G11 - Martinus, Smyrna - Nanzi and Tiger
Nanzi and Tiger told by Smyrna Martinus, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Avoiding danger with a ruse.Description: To escape from the hungry Tiger, Nanzi pretends there is a bigger danger that threatens both of them.Content: Nanzi is a handsome man on his way to a date with Shi Maria. Then he sees hungry Tiger approach. Nanzi believes he...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G13 - Abath, Magno, B. - Nanzi and the spotted cow
Nanzi and the spotted cow told by Magno Abath, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Using your wit to get an impossible job done.Description: Nanzi is not allowed to scratch himself when he cleans the King's garden. He thinks of a clever way to dodge this rule.Content: Nanzi learns that the King gives a fat cow as a reward for cleaning up his...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G19 - Statia, Ingrid (Ini) - The two shortest Nanzi stories
The two shortest Nanzi stories told by Ingrid Statia (Ini), recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Solving all problems in the world. The consequences of being invisible.Description: Two shortest stories are being told. In the first story, Nanzi becomes a magician to solve all problems with his magic. It all worked fine until a politician shows...
Anansi Masters - Documentation
Anansi Masters - the story continuesThe Anansi Masters project is developed by Vista Far Reaching Visuals (Mr. Jean Hellwig) and partners. It is designed as a public digital platform at http://www.anansimasters.net and opened in 2007. At the website one can find information about the story character of Nanzi (or Anansi or Kweku Ananse), with English and Dutch subtitled video...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H12 - Geerman-Rodriguez, Sharline - Shi Maria's sheep
Shi Maria's sheep told by Sharline Geerman-Rodriguez, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Perform a ruse to get what you want.Description: Nanzi wants to eat Shi Maria's favorite sheep but she does not allow him. By pretending that he is ill he makes her go to see the wonder doctor. But the wonder doctor is Nanzi himself and he manages to let...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H04 - Antonetta, Diana - Picking beans
Picking beans told by Diana Antonetta, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Devising a plan to benefit from a rule that is not applicable to you.Description: Devising a plan to benefit from a rule that is not applicable to you.Content: The King decides to help mothers with small children. They are allowed to pick beans from he garden of the...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H07 - Lewis, Ena Pamela - Nanzi and the soldiers
Nanzi and the soldiers told by Ena Pamela Lewis, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: How avoid punishment.Description: When Nanzi is caught by the King's soldiers because he steals, he finds a way to escape by anticipating to the superstition of the soldiers.Content: Nanzi and Sésé steal fat from the King's cow every night. The King is angry...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G16 - Aniceta, Khaylly-Ann - Nanzi wants to become King
Nanzi wants to become King told by Khaylly-Ann Aniceta, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Revenge by Tiger who fools Nanzi.Description: Due to a trick by Tiger, the animals think that their newly crowned King Nanzi disrespects his people.Content: Nanzi, fed up with being poor, decides to have himself crowned King. Tiger thinks this is the...
Anansi Masters - Aruba H06 - Petrocchi-Everon, Maritza - Nanzi assists Tiger with picking avocados
Nanzi assists Tiger with picking avocados told by Martiza Petrocchi-Everon, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project on Aruba.Subject: Nanzi assists Tiger with picking avocadosDescription: Nanzi pretends to help Tiger with picking avocados but in fact he injures him and steals them.Content: Tiger has a garden full with fruit trees. Every day he fills up his baskets...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G17 - Coffie, Tihitsa - Nanzi and Mister Grasshopper
Nanzi and Mister Grasshopper told by Tihitsa Coffie, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Laziness is being punished.Description: Nanzi is fed up with the laziness of Grasshopper and has him killed by his own stupidity.Content: Right at the moment that Shi Maria cooked something nice for Nanzi, Mister Grasshopper passes by. He is invited to...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G10 - Inecia, Alvin, Tio Ali - Nanzi and Tiger
Nanzi and Tiger told by Alvin Inecia (Tio Ali), recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: Small Nanzi tricks large Tiger.Description: Nanzi manages to make Tiger act as if he were Nanzi's donkey.Content: Everybody is afraid of Tiger, but not Nanzi. He says that next day he will ride Tiger's back to the palace of the King. "Tiger is nothing more...
Anansi Masters - Curacao G05 - Jago, Milva, Sint - How Nanzi stole the King's sheep
How Nanzi stole the King's sheep told by Milva Sint Jago, recorded on video for the Anansi Masters project in Curacao.Subject: How Nanzi stole the King's sheepDescription: Nanzi and Sésé steel sheep from the King. Tiger almost catches them in the act.Content: Nanzi meets his old friend Sésé. Sésé is extremely hungry and tells this to Nanzi. All the talking about food makes...