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Anansi stories

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The Akan-derived cycle of trickster tales about Anansi the spider, foundational to Jamaican oral culture and children's storytelling, and a recurring source for pantomime, folk performance and lyric imagery.

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Type
cultural practice
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Well supported
Style, language, faith & wider cultureDiaspora & global influenceEvidence, memory & meta layers

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