Gumbo People: Louisiana Creole, English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole

Parlez-vous Creole? The book Gumbo People by Sybil Kein is the only book in the world written in the Louisiana Creole language as still spoken today. Great for teachers, Gumbo People is a book with poems and lyrics in Creole, plus sheet music. Some of the poems are translated into Haitian Creole, Spanish, French and English.Section 1. New Orleans Creole poetry / Sybil Kein -- Section 2. Ofgardenias and roses / Sybil Kein -- Section 3, Contributions of the Creoles: Contributions of the gens de coleur and their descendants to an American South / Sybil Kein. The genesis of the black press in New Orleans / Laura Rouzan. Prominent people and places / Barbara Trevigne. Gumbo: the crossroads of American Southern culture and African roots / Tola Mosadomi -- Section 4, Appendices: Dit-ons = Creole sayings. Music appendix. Biographies.