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Anansi Stories

By Akan tradition; W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (eds.)

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A focused selection of Anansi spider tales from the public-domain collection West African Folk-Tales.

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  1. 01Source NoteFree
  2. 02HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’US$0.28
  3. 03HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACEUS$0.28
  4. 04ANANSI AND NOTHINGUS$0.28
  5. 05THUNDER AND ANANSIUS$0.27
  6. 06WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWNUS$0.27
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  1. 07TIT FOR TATUS$0.27 ↗
  2. 08WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTYUS$0.27 ↗
  3. 09THE SQUIRREL AND THE SPIDERUS$0.27 ↗
  4. 10WHY WE SEE ANTS CARRYING BUNDLES AS BIG AS THEMSELVESUS$0.27 ↗
  5. 11WHY SPIDERS ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE CORNERS OF CEILINGSUS$0.27 ↗
  6. 12ANANSI THE BLIND FISHERMANUS$0.27 ↗

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