From charismatic trickster to wise storyteller, the character of Anansi is iconic in West African and diasporic folklore🕷 Starting off as oral tales, Anansi's stories have been recorded over time, this puppet book by Ronald King is a perfect example. https://fal.cn/3mnhF | Victoria and Albert Museum

Anansi the Spider | How a Trickster Won the World’s StoriesHow did all the world’s stories come to belong to a spider? 🕷️This is the tale of Anansi, the clever trickster of Akan folklore from Ghana.When the sky god Nyame kept every story locked away, Anansi was challenged to do the impossible—capture the mighty python, the fierce leopard, the deadly hornets, and the invisible fairy. With wit instead of strength, Anansi outsmarted them all and won the right to share the world’s stories.From that