#GhanaianStories

A very long time ago, Ananse the spider and Firefly were very good friends. Ananse was well known for his craftiness.

African creation myth illustration depicting three key moments in a traditional storytelling format. The central focus shows a village scene with elders gathered around the first dead man, with expressions of confusion and sorrow. To one side, show ...

In the olden days, all the stories which men told were stories of Nyankupon, the chief of the gods. Spider, who was very conceited, wanted the stories to be told about him.

There had been a long and severe famine in the land where Anansi lived. He had been quite unable to obtain food for his poor wife and family. One day, gazing desperately out to sea, he saw, rising from the midst of the water, a tiny island with a ...

Ananse heard Tiger roaring.