Growing up in a multicultural family, I was often told stories from many different backgrounds. My uncle, we call him Uncle Baba (meaning father), is the resident storyteller in our family. I remember being very young and sitting around Uncle Baba's fireplace as he told us traditional African Tales. My favorites were always about the spider, Anansi. I can't lie, as I got older some of the details of the stories of Anansi has faded. But I as so excited to refresh my memory when I saw that this was a topic. Here are a few things that I learned:
1. Anansi (meaning spider) was given a task to bring three things: a jar full of bees, a boa constrictor, and a tiger.
2. The bees agreed to fly into the jar, proving Anansi's first assertion true.
3. Anansi tricked the snake into being taken back to Nyankupon.
4. The third task was completed through Anansi's cleverness. This is something that my uncle talked about a lot (just how clever Anansi was).
5. The completion of these gave Anansi his way and people began calling the stories Anansi tales.
Bibliography:
Anansi Stories: Trickster Spider From West Africa
November 10, 2013
https://kidworldcitizen.org/anansi-stories-trickster-spider-west-africa-caribbean/
1. Anansi (meaning spider) was given a task to bring three things: a jar full of bees, a boa constrictor, and a tiger.
2. The bees agreed to fly into the jar, proving Anansi's first assertion true.
3. Anansi tricked the snake into being taken back to Nyankupon.
4. The third task was completed through Anansi's cleverness. This is something that my uncle talked about a lot (just how clever Anansi was).
5. The completion of these gave Anansi his way and people began calling the stories Anansi tales.
Bibliography:
Anansi Stories: Trickster Spider From West Africa
November 10, 2013
https://kidworldcitizen.org/anansi-stories-trickster-spider-west-africa-caribbean/
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