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		Ananse tales from books and pamphlets published in Ghana portray the spider as a culture hero or one who is responsible for the way certain things are, a cunning trickster; and a greedy person who must pay for his actions with shame and punishment.
		Kwaku Ananse and his wife Aso were invited to a party given by her father.
		Ananse decided to use the party as an occasion to show off his wealth to his in-laws, so he and his wife dressed in the finest church clothes and Ananse put on his nice-looking hat and put a pipe in his mouth.
	www.lehigh.edu /~tqr0/ghanaweb/anansetales.html (2133 words)

	Osagyefo Theatre - Story Times with Auntie Maggie
		Kwaku Ananse the spider man was the most hungry of all.
		Ananse passed by where the bearded rock was and stopped short and said "Rabbit look!" The Rabbitlooked and saw the rock but said nothing.
		Ananse said "say the words": The rabbit replied "what words?" Ananse said "you should say rock and beard." The Rabbit said "rock and beard" but nothing happened, then Ananse said "you are too stupid, you should say ei what am I seeing.
	www.osagyefotheatre.org.uk /story.php?id=2 (1060 words)

	"A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas" \| Mission Alive
		Ananse possessed all the wisdom in the world, but so selfish was he that he did not want to share it with anybody.
		Ananse walked clumsily into the thickest part of the forest until he came to the tree that he thought would serve his purpose and stopped.
		Ananse did not think that any of the members of his house had seen him, but he was mistaken.
	www.missionalive.net /?q=node/159 (523 words)

	Folk Tales and Values - World-I*earn Project
		Ananse had detected that as a result of the knocks he was receiving, he had lost weight so he devised a plan to dodge the fairies the next time they arrived.
		Ananse then told her about the famine and the palm fruit he had which fell into the hole that brought him where he was.
		Ananse thinking that he was wiser than the old woman did exactly the opposite because the yam that requested him to uproot looked bigger than the one that asked him not to uproot it.
	www.flameghana.org /ictprojects/folktalevalue/ghtales.htm (15253 words)

	Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - Let's Get Free - Revolutionary - Pan-Africanism - Black On Purpose - Liberation - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ananse was not lucky all the time and so he could not go away with all his unwarranted deeds.
		Ananse then added that he had his last wish to present to them and that it was his soul's desire that they buried his corpse in the small hut he had constructed in their favourite farm.
		Oh Kwaku, in whose hand did you leave me? Kwaku, O Kwaku have you forgotten your children, how are they going to eat?.." As it had been the culture of the people, in situations like that everybody was to give a hand for the burial of a deceased.
	www.assatashakur.org /forum/showpost.php?p=330&postcount=1 (3082 words)

	African Anansi
		Ananse immediately hid the bones in his bag.” thanks a lot for your kindness, I feel I must show my gratitude to you by warning you of the evil spirits in the mountains” said Ananse.
		Ananse was a successful farmer and a linguist of the chief of the village.
		Ananse took a quick look around, and satisfied that there was on one around, he got his climbing gear ready, and started climbing with the pot in from of him.
	www.robinsononeil.com /african_anansi.htm (3779 words)

	Library - Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When he began with the magical words "Ananse says"-Kwaku Ananse being the name of a very mischievous spider-the children knew he was going to tell them one of the tales his granny had told him, when he was a little boy in the same town, many years before.
		Because that was how the stories began, they were called "Ananse stories." And when their father said those magical words, the children knew they had to reply "se sé, se so¯," the nonsense words that people always said when someone began to tell an Ananse story.
		Her stories were not about Kwaku Ananse and his friends and foes, but about Little Red Riding Hood, and Rumpelstiltskin, and Sleeping Beauty, and they came in beautiful illustrated books where dwarves and giants and peasants and princes and talking wolves and calculating cats lived in magic kingdoms and enchanted forests.
	www.nu.ac.za /ccs/default.asp?3,28,10,930 (328 words)

	Ghana-Keramik
		Kwaku Ananse the spider man was the most hungry of all.
		Ananse passed by where the bearded rock was and stopped short and said "Rabbit look!" The Rabbitlooked and saw the rock but said nothing.
		Ananse said "say the words": The rabbit replied "what words?" Ananse said "you should say rock and beard." The Rabbit said "rock and beard" but nothing happened, then Ananse said "you are too stupid, you should say ei what am I seeing.
	home.arcor.de /ghana-world/anans_02.htm (1897 words)

	Corn and Europeans
		In the famous Asante tales, known as Kwaku Anansi (Spider born on Wednesday), one of the popular characters is Dokonu Fa (Half a Ball of Kenkey).
		Spending a lot of time in remote villages for my research, and being a Canadian with European habits, I usually took a roll of toilet tissue with me. When the tissue ran out, I was introduced to the rural Akan method.
		Some analysts see Kwaku Ananse, the trickster, also as the mortal manifestation of God.
	www.scn.org /rdi/kw-brun.htm (1107 words)

	Nubian Voyage (Ananse Stories) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When Ananse met the spirits, they were standing in the water and splashing the stream-bed dry to catch the fish.
		Ananse went, and he saw that they were using their skulls to splash the stream dry.
		Kwaku Ananse and the spirits joined together in splashing the bed of the stream dry.
	www.nubianvoyage.com /Folktales_01.html (1505 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner News - Ananse and de jonkunnu band - Sunday \| December 25, 2005
		So Kwaku Ananse plan a big Chrismus eve show and him decide fe ongle invite people who do not go anywhere unless dem can be assured sey nobaddi else nuh get invite.
		Kwaku Ananse have wan butler a him door a call out number as guests arrivedL: Mr.
		An Kwaku Ananse sey it is permitted fe gi dem likkle money, dem work hard fe it, an him sey yu nuh haffe fraid a dem, dem really quite harmless.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20051225/out/out2.html (1200 words)

	enargea.org \| Spider Buys Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ananse said, âLittle fatherâs child, little motherâs child, I have told you not to get drunk, and now, just as one would expect of you, you have become intoxicated, and thatâs why you have fallen into the pit.
		Ananse then went and cut two sticks, put one here, and one there, and said, âPut one of your paws here, and one also of your paws here.â And the leopard placed them where he was told.
		Now Ananse spoke to his mother, Ya Nsia, the sixth child, saying, âRise up, let us go, for I am taking you along with the fairy to go and give you to the sky-god in exchange for his stories.â He lifted them up, and went off there to where the sky-god was.
	enargea.org /tales/black_African/Spider_buys_stories.html (840 words)

	Graphic Ghana - Print this page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Professor Kwasi Yankah who performed the launch said that the Ananse Project is a welcome endeavour which has come at a good time to give a further impetus to other creative work that have been undertaken in the past in favour of the Ananse idea.
		Professor Yankah confirmed the fears expressed by initiators of the Ananse Project that if Ghana does not claim Ananse as its own,other nations might claim Kwaku Ananse as their citizen.According to the project initiators,in the Caribbean for example, Ananse’s name has been corrupted to "Boy Nancy".
		The Ananse painting contest,which forms the first phase of the Ananse Project,is open to all artists whose entries may be in oils, acrylic, poster,enamel or gouache.Entry forms may be obtained from the Ananse Project Office, 554/4 Liberia Road Opposite NTCH, Adabraka Farisco, Accra.
	www.graphicghana.com /printpage.asp?artid=4620 (310 words)

	kwakuananse.com \|\| The Kwaku Ananse Project
		The Kwaku Ananse competition is open to all artists in Ghana.
		ANANSE post cards, T-Shirts, Key Rings, Drip Mats,etc would be produced and sold as souvenir.
		The park will be manned collaboratively with the Ananse Project, the Department of Parks and Gardens and the National Commission on Culture as a recreational and National Park.
	www.kwakuananse.com /phases.html (755 words)

	West African Kingdoms 500-1590: Science, Technology, Health History: The Source Of Diseases \| World Eras
		Now there lived, Kwaku Ananse, the spider, and he went, to Nyankonpon, the sky-god, and said, "Grandsire, take your sheep called Kra Kwame, the one which you keep to sacrifice to your soul on a Saturday, and let me kill and eat it, that I may go and bring you a beautiful girl in exchange."
		Ananse bathed her body and poured the water he had used into the gourd.
		After she had been taken, Ananse went and got the gourd into which all the diseases he had taken from the woman had been, poured; and he stretched a skin over the mouth of it.
	www.bookrags.com /history/west-african-kingdoms-science-technology-health/sub6.html (527 words)

	General News of Saturday, 26 February 2005
		Accra, Feb. 25, GNA - Ananse Project, a project aimed at bringing back to live "Kwaku Ananse" that was heard of, in Ghanaian folklore in the olden days was launched on Wednesday.
		Professor Kwesi Yankah, Patron of the Project, who launched the project, said the project was long overdue as it also aimed to promote the moral lessons to be learnt from the character of "Kwaku Ananse," and said even the spider Ananse is a delight to watch.
		Mr Ohene-Dankwa said an annual ananse festival would be organized each year to celebrate folklore in Ghana, identifying diverse folklore through poetry recitals, songs, drama and dance.
	ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=76152&... (442 words)

	AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ananse called out to the hunchback, but there was no response.
		So sly was Ananse that, it wasn't long before he came out with a solution on what to do.
		Ananse was very happy and jumped and clapped his hands.
	www.toptags.com /aama/tales/tale1.htm (1067 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Reclaiming Ananse - An act of reparation - Sunday \| February 27, 2005
		DAT IS how the people up in Ghana write down dem proverb dat mean sey Ananse does not like when we teck him stories and meck "idle talk".
		The first part of the seriousness have to do with the spelling of the name of this deity, for that is what him is which part him come from, a deity, a holy being or ultimate reality.
		Ananse bear nuff false accusation on account of dis mistaking him for One Nancy, any a dem, A Nancy.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050227/arts/arts2.html (472 words)

	CurryGuide web search results for: Kwaku Ananse
		Ananse possessed all the wisdom in the world, but so selfish was he that he did not want to share it with anybody.
		Ananse possessed all the wisdom in the world, but so selfish was he that he did not want to share it with
		Kwaku Ananse and the Capful of Hot Beans" (Kuenyefu, 5-14) Kwaku Ananse and his wife Aso were invited to a party given by her father.
	web.curryguide.com /execute/hms/curryguide.cgi?category=%2F&lout=dyn&sel=n&partner=&tm_zone=est&where=web&query=Kwaku+Ananse (427 words)

	The Looking Glass - Mirrors and Windows Vol.1 No.4
		Ananse's boasting in front of Lion and all his subjects forces him to prove that he can fly.
		Ananse wants to show that he is far above the others, both literally and figuratively.
		As always, Ananse the trickster is an endearing figure as he struts, is caught in his overweening pride, and must deliver on his boasts.
	www.the-looking-glass.net /rabbit/1.4/mirrors.html (1349 words)

	enargea.org \| How Ananse Got Aso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ananse took it to the small villages where he had distributed the powder and bullets to receive all the meat which they had killed.
		Ananse lay there and he slipped in the crossbar of the bedroom door.
		Ananse said, âI, who wash the sky-godâs soul - you have taken your hand and pointed it at me, so that I have fallen down and got red earth on me.â Immediately the attendants seized hold of Akwasi-the-Jealous-One and made him sacrifice a sheep.
	asi-dsl-stat-b-8.apk.net /tales/black_African/Ananse_got_Aso.html (1391 words)

	AFRICAN PROVERBS
		Ananse walked clumsily into the thickest part of the forest until he came to the tree that he thought would serve his purpose and stopped.
		Ananse did not think that any of the members of his house had seen him, but he was mistaken.
		As Ananse scratched his head in search of a solution to his problem, he was startled by a loud laugh behind him, and he turned around to find, to this utter amazement, his son.
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/af-prov.htm (953 words)

	The Sky God's Stories
		As he did so, Ananse trussed him tight with the vine, all the way up to his head.
		Aso and Ananse carved a doll from wood and plastered it with sticky gum from a tree.
		Then Ananse went to the Sky God with Onini the python, Osebo the leopard, Mmoboro the hornet swarm, Mmoatia the spirit, and Nsia, his old mother.
	www.angelfire.com /ma3/mythology/skygod.html (500 words)

	Fruit of Greed: Ananse Children Story - Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - Let's Get Free - Revolutionary - ...
		Ananse touched the pot and touched his eyes to see if they ware open or still closed.
		He then called Ntikuma to go and call her mother back and she should tell her that he Ananse was still safe in the house.
		Ananse still wanted to know what had happened to his food and so his wife Aso told him, the food had gone bad and that she just threw the food away.
	www.assatashakur.org /forum/showthread.php?t=148 (5049 words)

	MamaAfrika- How the Desert Came to Be
		Kweku Ananse and his friend Akwasi were known to everyone to be very good farmers.
		Ananse passed Akwasi's farm the next morning and was so happy that he jumped up and down with joy.
		Ananse was so cunning though that, it wasn't long before he came up with a solution.
	www.mamaafrika.com /Folktales/Ghana1.php (1117 words)

	Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - Let's Get Free - Revolutionary - Pan-Africanism - Black On Purpose - Liberation - ...
		Long ago, Kwaku Ananse and his friend Akwasi Owusu were the best farmers in the world.
		So sly was Ananse that it wasn’t long before he came out with a solution to his problem.
		Ananse told him to climb up to the mango tree and when he got to the top to start shaking it vigorously.
	www.assatashakur.org /forum/showpost.php?p=26499&postcount=4 (2803 words)

	Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		None are as famous or influential as Ananse the spider.
		Ananse to tie it on his back so his hands would be free.
		Ananse looked at the party table but did not find his favorite food there, which was hot beans.
	electron.cs.uwindsor.ca /~quist/stories.html (914 words)

	Reading Group Guide \| THE RIVER WHERE THE BLOOD IS BORN by Sandra Jackson-Opoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		And that, my people, is how Kwaku Ananse, the spider who is a man, the man who is a spider, came into possession of this story.
		Yes, Ananse is hauled before the stool of the Queen Mother of the River Where Blood Is Born, cowering but crafty.
		And that is how one Kwaku Ananse came into possession of the materials to weave the story that is about to unfold.
	readinggroupguides.com /guides/river_where_blood_is_born-excerpt.asp (4425 words)

	Polytheism.org.uk - Kwaku Ananse, Keeper Of Stories
		Before i go on, i'll tell you that i have put a few stories, some about Kwaku Ananse and some not, on a separate page so as not to interrupt the flow here.
		Nevertheless, Ananse is his real name, Kwaku is his (much more inconsequential) day name.
		To be honest i find it difficult to talk about Ananse or Ghana, since firstly i know very little of them and secondly, what i do know of them is almost entirely through stories, proverbs and legends.
	www.polytheism.org.uk /essays/ananse.html (346 words)

	Sandra (sandraregina.multiply.com) - A história de Kwaku Ananse*
		Kwaku Ananse, o Homem Aranha, queria comprar as histórias de Nyame o Deus do Céu, para contar ao povo de sua aldeia, então por isso um dia, ele teceu uma imensa teia de prata que ia do céu até o chão e por ela subiu.
		Aí, Ananse cortou uma folha de bananeira, encheu uma cabaça com água e atravessou o mato alto até a casa de Mmboro.
		Ananse maravilhado, desceu por sua teia de prata levando consigo o baú das histórias até o povo de sua aldeia, e quando ele abriu o baú, as histórias se espalharam pelos quatro cantos do mundo vindo chegar até aqui.
	sandraregina.multiply.com /recipes/item/7 (1082 words)

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