Speedeet & Wilar on The Tradewinds Brief

Speedeet & Wilar - The Mango Tree That Wouldn't Keep Quiet

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet and Wilar find out Miss Inez big mango tree got opinions. And it don't approve of slipper.

Speedeet and Wilar: The Great Duckling Championship

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wilar aunty duck hatching twelve eggs (was thirteen, one disappear - duck business). Speedeet and Wilar turn de backyard into a full championship before de ducklings got de chance to open dem eye good.

Speedeet & Wilar: The Sunday the Cricket Ball Went Over the Wall

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400

It was a Sunday morning in Bel Air, and the sun was already hot by the time Speedeet finished his porridge.

“Ma, can I go play cricket with Wilar?” he asked, already halfway to the door.

“You had your breakfast? You wash your plate?”

“Yes, Ma.”

“Go. But come back by twelve for church lunch.”

Speedeet was out the door before the screen could slam. Wilar was waiting on the corner by the coconut tree with his cricket bat — the good one, the Mongoose bat his uncle brought from England — and a brand-new tennis ball that he had been saving since Christmas.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Talent Show Disaster

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Speedeet signs them both up for the school talent show without telling Wilar. Wilar has one week to learn to juggle. This cannot end well.

Speedeet & Wilar — De Kite and de Corentyne River

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Is Easter Monday on de seawall. Speedeet and Wilar build a kite from scratch, argue about aerodynamics, nearly take out an auntie roti, and lose de kite to Suriname. A perfect day.

Speedeet & Wilar — The Easter Kite

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet and Wilar try to fly a kite on Easter Monday on the seawall. The kite has other plans. A Pike Street Easter adventure.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Day De Rain Come Down

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Georgetown flooding again, and Speedeet see it as an opportunity. Wilar see it as a problem. Dem both right.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Day De Kite Get Away

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet's kite goes on an adventure of its own — straight over the fence into Miss Doreen's yard. A Pike Street afternoon goes sideways in the best possible way.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Science Experiment

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet has a theory about vinegar and baking soda. Wilar has a bad feeling about this.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Newspaper Wha Close Down

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet and Wilar are 12-year-old best friends from Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Speedeet is Black, Wilar is East Indian. They get into adventures every Sunday.

Wilar was sitting on de front step reading something on he phone when Speedeet come running down Pike Street like he late fuh school.

“Yo! Wilar! You hear wha happen?”

Wilar look up slow. “Wha happen now? Somebody goat get loose again?”

“No, man! De newspaper close down! Stabroek News! Ma was reading it on she phone and she start crying!”

Speedeet & Wilar: The Biggest Ship in the Sea

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet and Wilar visit the waterfront and learn about the giant ships pumping Guyana's oil — and ask the questions that matter.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mango Tree War

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Everybody on Pike Street know dat de BEST julie mango tree belong to Miss Doreen. Everybody also know dat Miss Doreen does guard dem mango like gold. So when Speedeet come up wid a plan to ’liberate’ some mango… well, yuh know how DIS gon end.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mash Costume Crisis

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet and Wilar try to figure out Mashramani costumes on a budget of exactly zero dollars. Wilar has a plan. Speedeet has doubts. Miss Sharma’s clothesline has feathers.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Chinese Restaurant Adventure

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When Wilar’s uncle knows the owner of a Chinese restaurant near Kitty Cinema, the boys get a behind-the-scenes tour that changes everything Speedeet thought he knew about fried rice.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Hospital Cat Hunt

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet brother Derek get bite by carpet labaria at Tumatumari and end up in Georgetown Hospital. But while de family visiting, Speedeet and Wilar find a different kind of adventure in de hospital compound.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Solar Panel Mix-Up

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet cousin from Rupununi come to visit and bring story about the government solar panels. But Wilar grandmother got she own ideas about 'free electricity.'

Speedeet & Wilar and the Mystery of the Missing Medical Records

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When Speedeet’s grandmother can’t find her medical file at the clinic, the two friends discover that going digital isn’t as simple as pressing a button.

Speedeet & Wilar: De Mango Tree Incident

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Speedeet got a plan fuh get de biggest mango from Mr. Chan shop yard, and Wilar know is trouble but he going anyway. Wha could go wrong?