AnansiStories are part of an ancient mythology that is rooted in West African folklore and concerns the interaction between divine and semi-divine beings, royalty, humans, animals, plants and seemingly inanimate objects. These stories continue to provide a moral foundation for the community. Anansi the Spiderman existed from the time when

Traditional Anansi or Anancy stories was recorded in Jamaica in 1818 as a popular folkloric character. This website includes both traditional and contemporary stories about the first Spider-Man, Kweku Anansi.

All you ever want to know about Anansi the Spider! His many names, the countries where he can be found, his father, his mother and his godly attributes are explained on this page.

Jamaican-born artist, writer and folklorist Michael Auld created the FIRST comic strip about the Afro-Caribbean folkloric hero Anansi the Spider. Auld's illustrated version of Anansi is reputed to be one of the most accurate portrayals of the Spider-Man.

This story tells how Anansi, like his father, Nyame the Sky God, escaped Death. This is also a "Why story" of hoe Anansi and his stories cannot die. It also explains why cobwebs mysteriously appear on the ceiling overnight.

The comic strip titled Anansesem was a series of AnansiStories originally published in newspapers in the Caribbean and South America beginning in 1971. This black and white continuous story format featured Anansi the spider and his exploits. The strip also included historical stories told by Anansi.

Anansi is unwittingly transported on to a slave ship bound for the Spanish Americas. During his perilous journey in the hold of the ship, he has an encounter with Nyame.

Anansi of the Akan of Ghana, West Africa; Spider Woman of the Hopi; and Iktomi of the Lakota all have one thing in common. They are god-like folkloric spider-human creatures who play importan roles in the lives of millions of people around the world.

I created my first drawing of Anansi for an illustration class at Howard University in school year 1965-1966. My Anansi came from two sources. First, I was born in Jamaica where my childhood was steeped in Anansi stories. Second, my introduction to African art at Howard's College of Fine Arts by Prof. James A.

There are many characters in Anansi stories. Some are traditionally African and others are from the Caribbean, South and Central America. They usually represent human personalities. Storytellers often match observed animal atributes to human behavior.