ANANSI STORIES
13 West African Anansi Children's Stories
ANANSI or Ahnansi (Ah-nahn-see) “the trickster spider” is a cunning and
intelligent being and is one of the most important characters of West African
and Caribbean folklore. The Anansi tales are believed to have originated in the
Ashanti tribe in Ghana. (The word Anansi is Akan and simply means spider.) The
tales later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname,
and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known
as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria.
He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern
United States he has evolved into “Aunt Nancy.” He is a spider, but often acts
and appears as a man. The story of Anansi is akin to the Coyote or Raven the
trickster found in many Native American cultures or the Jackal in sub-Saharan
Africa.
The Stories in this volume are:
- Anansi And The Lion,
- Anansi And Quanqua,
- The Ear Of Corn And The Twelve Men,
- The King And The Ant's Tree,
- The Little Child And The Pumpkin Tree,
- The Brother And His Sisters,
- The Girl And The Fish,The Lion,
- The Goat And The Baboon,
- Anansi And Baboon,
- The Man And The Doukana Tree,
- Nancy Fairy,
- The Dancing Gang
The 13 ANANSI stories in this short volume were originally, and
unusually, included as an appendix to Popular Tales from the Norse by
Sir George Webbe Dasent. Abela Publishing has elected to re-publish these as a
volume in their own right as an aide to fundraising for the the SOS Children’s Village in Asiakwa, Ghana.
ISBN: 9781907256523
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