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Episode 44: Anansi the Spider-Man, The Story of West Africa's Spider Trickster

Mythology & Fiction Explained

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African myths and folklore are not something we've really covered much on this channel. There is no singular story or pantheon that encompasses african mythology as a whole. We examine the legend of anance, the spider. Anance is a rater that appears in a khan folklore which primarily covers the countries of gana and the ivory coast. Many consider this to be the origin of a nunce and his stories.

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