Motherland And Sierra Leone Anansi Stories

Author : Eyamidé E. Lewis-Coker
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1481717545
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motherland and Sierra Leone Anansi Stories written by Eyamidé E. Lewis-Coker and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOTHERLAND SIERRA LEONE ANANSI STORIES Traditional African stories Sierra Leone ? West Africa Traditional African oral stories, Anansi Stories Nansi-stori or Nansi-tori reflect social values in the African culture that motivate the listeners in their pursuit of a meaningful life. These stories reveal ideas, themes, beliefs, and facts that are widely spread. They link the past, present and future, interpret the universe, resolve natural and physical phenomena, teach morals, maintain cultural values, pass on methods of survival and praise God. The storyteller uses her tactics with the intention that the listeners connect with the story and uses her skills to be linked with the listeners through the story. The storyteller teaches the listeners the African morals, values, beliefs; tells each story with gestures, songs, dances, expressions and impersonations to arouse the listeners. The storyteller repeats words, phrases or sentences which make the story easy to understand and recall from memory. The listeners actively participate as they learn the important aspects of the African culture. These Sierra Leone traditional African oral stories keep the family and the community united, pass on traditions, codes of behavior and maintain social order. These oral stories passed down by the writers grandparents and parents using their own words were transcribed from her committed to memory version in written format to preserve the traditional African Krio history or African oral tradition, and with the hope that these written stories be appreciated by adults and children throughout the world and perpetuated by future generations.

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1907256520
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ANANSI STORIES written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 13 Anansi stories in this short volume were originally, and unusually, an appendix to Popular Tales from the Norse by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Why he chose to include folklore from Africa and the Caribbean within a volume of Norse folklore has been forgotten in the mists of time. Abela Publishing has elected to re-publish these as a volume in their own right as an aide to Edgbarrow School’s fundraising campaign supporting the SOS Children’s Village in Asiakwa, Ghana. ANANSI or Ahnansi (Ah-nahn-see) “the trickster” is a cunning and intelligent spider 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 means, simply, spider.) They 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.

Author : Nathaniel Hosea Ormsby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781424133963
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Timeless Tales of Anansi written by Nathaniel Hosea Ormsby and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless Tales of Anansi contains selected Anansi stories that originated in Africa and were kept alive by the African people who verbally passed them on to future generations of children as daily lessons. As a child, Nathaniel listened eagerly when his father told him bedtime stories about Anansi, the greedy, clever spider who was called the King of Tricks. Nathaniel thought the stories were exciting with their inspiring and challenging lessons. He was one determined childno way would he ever be trapped in the web of Anansis tricks. With the memories of Anansi forever in his mind, Nathaniel adapted some of his favorite stories into modern-day presentations so that they could be easily read and understood by todays generation of children. In respect to the African people, the author hopes that all generations will cherish the rich heritage, using wisdom of the past to make a good future.

Author : Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher : Corinthian Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jamaica Anansi Stories written by Martha Warren Beckwith and published by Corinthian Press. This book was released on 1924 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
ISBN 13 : 0822567458
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi and the Box of Stories written by Stephen Krensky and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2008 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi And The Box Of Stories

Author : Jane Anderson
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
ISBN 13 : 1410861759
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi the Spider and the Sky King written by Jane Anderson and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perform this tale from Africa about a sky king's fee for his stories.

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805003109
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi the Spider written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1972-05-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi the Spider is saved from danger by his sons and then faces the problem of rewarding them.

Author : Victorine Grannum-Solomon
Publisher : Createspace Indie Pub Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781477460740
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi Folktales in the Diaspora written by Victorine Grannum-Solomon and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the clever spider Anansi has been the subject of countless stories passed on from generation to generation. These stories originated in West Africa, just like the name 'Anansi' which means spider in the Akan language. African slaves brought these stories to the Caribbean, the USA and other parts of the diaspora where they became part of the culture of countries such as Guyana, Jamaica, Surinam, the Netherland Antilles and South Carolina. These stories are a source of entertainment and amusement. However, what are the characteristics of these stories? How do these folktales mirror humanity? What is the significance of the trickster for the study of human psychology? Anansi Folktales in the diaspora would provide some of these answers.

Author : Martha Beckwith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anansi written by Martha Beckwith and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi is both a god, spirit and African folktale character. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the spirit of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. The Anansi tales originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana. The word Ananse is Akan and means "spider". They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, Sierra Leone (where they were introduced by Jamaican Maroons) and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. 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 God.

Author : Arielle Phoenix
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tales of Anansi, Vol. 1 written by Arielle Phoenix and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along with us as we retell stories of the mischievous but very intelligent West African, Ashanti trickster, Anansi the Spider. Anansi likes to get his own way and often uses his wit to outsmart animals much larger or stronger than he is; but Anansi doesn't know when enough is enough and his desire to win sometimes gets the best of him. Anansi tales date back to at least the 1500s and travelled by word of mouth from village to village. Throughout the diaspora, enslaved Africans would retell Anansi stories, passing them on through the generations and spreading them across Africa and The Americas. These stories didn't only serve as entertainment but they offered hope. Today, there are several versions of the many Anansi tales. Here are some of them...