🇬🇭 4 stories · 5 ethnic groups
Ghana
Ghana is the home of Anansi the Spider — the trickster whose web stretches from the Ashanti forests to every corner of the African diaspora. Around the fire, Akan, Ewe, Ga and Dagomba elders pass down anansesem ('spider stories') that have crossed oceans and outlived empires.
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Akan · Ashanti · 4 min · Easy
Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom
Anansi the spider gathered all the wisdom in the world into one clay pot, climbed a tree to hide it, and was undone by a child who simply asked, 'Why don't you carry it on your back?'
Ashanti · 4 min · Easy
Anansi and the Sky God's Stories
When all the stories belonged to Nyame the Sky God, only Anansi the spider was willing to pay the price to bring them down to earth — and that is why we call them spider stories to this day.
Ewe · Akan · 4 min · Easy
The Talking Yam
A farmer hears his yam, his dog, his fishing trap and his hat all speak in one morning, and runs to the chief — only to find the chief's own stool ready to join the conversation.
Ga · Akan · 4 min · Easy
Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky
Sun and Moon invited their friend Water to visit. Water came with all its people — fish, crocodiles, and rivers — until the house was full to the roof and the two had to climb into the sky.