Anansi

  • Anansi: That Tricky Spider
    Anansi: That Tricky Spider
    By Anthony Dillett

    This is actually a lesson for us that we should depend on brain power rather than the physical. Anansi took pride in this and sometimes came out on top but sometime things went badly for him.

  • Anansi
    Anansi
    By Stephanie Paris

    Under normal circumstances, this group of characters would never be friends. However, this story is anything but normal and finds common ground for the sake of preserving the cross-cultural need for storytelling.

  • Anansi
    Anansi
    By Brian Gleeson

    Two Jamaican folk tales in which Anansi the spider practices his trickery on others. Includes an audio cassette featuring narration and music.

  • Anansi
    Anansi
    By Alistair Campbell

    She is told 'Anansi stories', tales of the crafty spider whose cunning and humorous tricks give the girl the resilience and wit she needs to survive.

  • Anansi: Jamaican Stories of the Spider God
    Anansi: Jamaican Stories of the Spider God
    By Martha Warren Beckwith

    Anansi is both a god, spirit and African folktale character.

  • Anansi: Jamaican Stories of the Spider God
    By Martha Beckwith

    The Jamaican versions of these stories are the most well preserved, because Jamaica had the largest concentration of Asante as slaves in the Americas, and their most complete compilation is found in Anansi, Jamaican stories of the Spider ...