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Anansi is Coming: A folktale for kids and grown-ups
Anansi is Coming A folktale for kids and grown-ups Author:John Alexander Watler WHO IS BRER ANANSI? Our enslaved ancestors brought with them their popular folk hero Brer Anansi enshrined in stories from their homeland, West Africa. He was an integral tool in their survival kit. He was wise, kind, gentle and humble. Brer Anansi?s stories were always there, a part of their lives, and his victories over adversities always rai... more »sed their spirits, and made them laughed or even smiled in their often dark moments. Understanding Anansi?s importance to their slaves disposition, the white masters decided to encourage them to retain Anansi. Nonetheless, before feeding Anansi to them, they transformed him into a trickster, and clothed him in vile, lazy, conniving, and every other degrading misnomer they normally assigned to the black man. In spite of all this, Brer Anansi was still beloved. He was cheered even when he played the meanest of trick on his enemies. ?ANANSI IS COMING? is master storyteller John Alexander Watler?s way of showing us the real Anansi. Her gives us a thrilling folktale in which Anansi is fighting against time to save distressed parents and their young ones from the unholy alliance of Tiger and Alligator. So grab a chair and delve into ?ANANSI IS COMING,? and be transported into John Alexander Watler?s pantomime world where the stress from today?s realities could easily take a far back seat, even after you?ve reached the page that says, ?The End.?« less