Story Village with Aunti Oni

Aunti Oni adapts and tells tales from cultures around the world, always crediting their origin cultures, authors, or storytellers. The stories come from diverse cultural traditions including Ghana, Japan, Cuba, Trinidad, and the plantation era of the American South. Some episodes feature works by poets and authors like Nikki Giovanni, and Aunti Oni puts her own spin on some of Aesop's fables. She adds accents to characters' voices and background music to convey cultural differences across episodes, but these might reinforce stereotypes, like an airy old wise Japanese man's voice and use of pentatonic scale music in the Asian folktale.

Some episodes mention violence or dangerous behavior toward others, like people suffering in war or intending to put rat poison in someone's food. Aunti Oni talks about plantation culture and slavery to give context for tales from the American South. Hardship, like a child having cancer and losing her hair, and peril, like rats trying to outwit a cat, are used as context for teaching positive lessons and celebrating joy, not emphasizing sadness, fear, danger or violence.

"Annie Mae Jumps the Broom '' is about love, courtship, romance, and ritual in the plantation era of the American South. It includes hand-holding and affectionate words, but no sexy behavior.