Mr Spider: the great trickster of West African legend. Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been... More > transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies. Anansi is one of the most important gods of West African lore.
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Mr Spider: the great trickster of West African legend. Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been... More > transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies. Anansi is one of the most important gods of West African lore. Kids enjoy discussing the moral behind the story in this fun mini unit study, which is number one in the series. < Less

An in-depth study of Angola, the history, the people, the country, utilising official stats gleaned from the USA Library of... More > Congress and numerous other sources. Cntains black and white images, tables, graphs and official Angolan documentation. < Less

Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits... More > form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies. Anansi is one of the most important legends of West African lore.

He is a trickster and a culture hero, who acts on behalf of Nyame (his father, the sky god) and brings rain to stop fires and performs other duties for him. His mother is Asase Ya.

He is depicted in numerous forms: a spider, a human, or combinations thereof.

The Anansi legends are believed to have originated in the Ashanti tribe. They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. Anansi stories originated in Ghana, in Africa. The word Anansi is Akan and means spider.

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Mr Spider: the great trickster of West African legend. Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been... More > transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies.

Anansi is one of the most important gods of West African lore. Kids enjoy discussing the moral behind the story in this fun mini unit study, which is number one in the series. < Less

Mr Spider: the great trickster of West African legend. Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been... More > transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies. Anansi is one of the most important gods of West African lore.
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Help your child re-create a brief family history using photos, pictures, conducting fun "interviews" with family members,... More > including grandparents, special pages for "About me" and "My Christmas Wish List". Great family fun activity, and makes a thoughtful gift for a grandparent. Print a copy for each child and family member. Makes a wonderful family heirloom if laminated after completion. For an additional 11 free pages of scrapbooking paper and frames please post me a message with your email address and I will mail the file to you. < Less

Mr Spider: the great trickster of West African legend. Originally credited with the creation of the world, Anansi has been... More > transformed into a cultural founder hero. His exploits form cycles of popular stories and they are even relished as far away as the West Indies. Anansi is one of the most important gods of West African lore.
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If ever a compelling Fate set its grip upon a man and drove him to an accomplishment beside his purpose and outside his... More > thought, it was when Henry Hudson—having headed his ship upon an ordered course northeastward—directly traversed his orders by fetching that compass to the southwestward which ended by bringing him into what now is Hudson's River, and which led on quickly to the founding of what now is New York.

This Illustrated eBook contains information relating to "newly" discovered documents, maps and images, and documents his historic voyages of discovery. < Less

The life of Theodore Roosevelt is one well worth studying by any American boy who wishes to make something of himself and... More > mount high on the ladder of success.  The 26th President of the USA is a fine type of the true American of to-day, full of vim and vigour, quick to comprehend, and equally quick to act, not afraid to defend his opinions against all comers when satisfied that he is in the right, independent, and yet not lacking in fine social qualities, physically and morally courageous, and with a faith in himself and his God that is bound to make for good so long as he clings to it. This book studies the qualities of Teddy Roosevelt and is a beautiful read for any young patriot. < Less