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Phyllis Walker is a Jamaican-born Canadian storyteller, educator and actor whose performances have taken her across Ontario, sharing the African and Caribbean oral storytelling tradition. Walker, who began her career as a school teacher, once hosted Raisin in the Rice Pudding, a children's radio program on CFRB 1010, and played Grandma Ella on Treehouse Canada. She continues to teach and speak across the country.
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