EP 133: Ghana- Morning Sunrise, Honourable Minu, Why The Moon and The Stars Receive Their Light From The Sun (W. H. Barker 1917)

Listen Here Watch Here MORNING SUNRISE A MAN in one of the villages had a very beautiful daughter. She was so lovely that people called her “Morning Sunrise.” Every young man who saw her wanted to marry her. Three, in particular, were very anxious to have her for their wife. Her father found it difficult

EP 119: The Grinding Stone, Turtles, How Beasts… (W.H. Barker 1917)

Listen Here Watch Here THE GRINDING-STONE THAT GROUND FLOUR BY ITSELF THERE had been another great famine throughout the land. The villagers looked thin and pale for lack of food. Only one family appeared healthy and well. This was the household of Anansi’s cousin. Anansi was unable to understand this, and felt sure his cousin

EP 108: Why Spiders are Always Found In The Corners of Ceilings, Anansi the Blind Fisherman, Adzanumee and Her Mother

Listen Here WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGS EGYA ANANSI was a very skillful farmer. He, with his wife and son, set to work one year to prepare a farm, much larger than any they had previously worked. They planted in it  yams, maize, and beans — and were rewarded by

EP 92: The Squirrel and the Spider; Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as Themselves

Listen here THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDER A hard-working squirrel had, after much labour, succeeded in cultivating a very fine farm. Being a skilful climber of trees, he had not troubled to make a roadway into his farm. He used to reach it by the trees. One day, when his harvests were very nearly ripe,

EP 79: Tit for Tat + Why The White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property

TIT FOR TAT  There had been a great famine in the land for many months. Meat had become so scarce that only the rich chiefs had money enough to buy it. The poor people were starving. Anansi and his family were in a miserable state.  One day, Anansi ‘s eldest son — Kweku Tsin — to his

EP 73: Thunder and Anansi + bonus

Collected by W.H. Barker (1917) 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 tall

EP 64: Why They Are Called Anansi Stories +bonus stories

I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’ 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. Accordingly, one day he went to Nyankupon and asked that, in future, all tales told