Kabuka and the Magic Calabash

Story by Janet Keegans

Art work by 3B

This is a story set in Zimbabwe, Africa.  It’s about a vervet monkey called Kabuka. He goes on a quest to save Amazi, the water spirit, and bring an end to the long drought. He has many adventures on the way and in the end he gets the girl and saves the world.

Ms. Janice Duncan-Brown

Kabuka meets Amanzi (Yao Cheng)

Amanzi tells Kabuka how he was captured (Jason Cho)

Kabuka meets Bazi, the Hyena (Joshua Yang)

Bazi takes Kabuka to meet Gwenzi, the Nyanga (with doctor)

(Jonathan Chen)

Kabuka steals bananas from Ma Moyo (Nick Hung)

Kabuka helps Gondo the Eagle who is caught in a trap

(Nina Low)

Kabuka consults the Mlimo (Justin Chen)

Gondo tells Kabuka about Shirikina (Elijah Chou)

Kaubka finds the hidden passage (Ricky Li)

Kabuka sees the enchanted Baboons

(Wesley Kochpathcharin)

Kabuka sees Zaka, the Evil Nyanga

(Jonathan Ai)

Kabuka is caught (Nicole Chen)

Shirikeni is revealed (Sonia Wang)

Kabuka is nearly caught by the baboons again

but is saved just in time by Gondo (Victor Yeh)

Kabuka meets Thabisa

(Jolene Chen)

Kabuka leads the baboons into a lion hunt

(Jasmine Chen)

Bazi tells Kabuka the story of how the giraffe

got such a long neck (Alicia Lee)

Kabuka saves Thabisa from Zaka

(Richard Sang)

Kabuka frees Amanzi (Sandra Fabian)

Kabuka and Thabisa live happily ever after.