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Kwaku Ananse folktale

Ananse discovering a glowing magical pot of wisdom in a dry, barren forest -African folktales

Kwaku Ananse and the Pot of Wisdom An Ashanti Folktale

African Folktales·Ghanaian Folktales·West African Folktales

There was once a time when famine swept across the land. The rains had failed, leaving the soil cracked and dry, and soon after, clouds of locusts descended, devouring every leaf and stem until even the thick forests looked bare and lifeless. Rivers shrank and trickled weakly, and hunger gnawed at every household. On his farm, Kwaku Ananse and his

Parchment-style illustration of Kwaku Ananse with pot stuck on head, Ashanti folktale from Ghana.

African Folktales·Ghanaian Folktales·West African Folktales

How Kwaku Ananse Became Bald

In the time before the world grew noisy with machines and cities, when stories were passed from mouth to ear under moonlit skies, there lived the cunning spider-man, Kwaku Ananse. He was small and wiry, with quick hands and an even quicker tongue. Though he often boasted of his cleverness,

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Kwaku Ananse folktale

Kwaku Ananse and the Pot of Wisdom An Ashanti Folktale

How Kwaku Ananse Became Bald

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