The magic calabash by Nana Grey Johnson

A story woven from Gambian folk tradition, using the calabash as a symbol of memory, identity, and the fragile vessels in which cultures carry themselves across time. Published by Vinasha Publishing in 1998, The Magic Calabash draws on the deep well of Senegambian oral folklore to build a literary narrative that explores what is carried forward and what is lost when a society modernizes faster than its people can adapt. Grey-Johnson is at his most lyrical here, less concerned with satirising institutions than with excavating the spiritual and cultural roots that sit beneath them — a companion piece in spirit to his more overtly political work.

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