Anansi stories hold a special place in West African mythology. They act as cautionary tales for children and the supernatural world of fantasy and magic is never far away. This collection of fairy tales retold for a Western audience take (Ghanaian) African fairy tales and present them as a collection, featuring both Anansi stories and others intended to teach, to entertain, and to inspire. From the time Anansi Spider faked his own death in order to be greedy to the story of how he tried to gain all the wisdom in the world, these gems of West African fairy tales retold for modern audiences...
Anansi stories hold a special place in West African mythology. They act as cautionary tales for children and the supernatural world of fantasy and mag...