"Anansi and the Sky God" The title of the composition comes from the West African folk tale of the trickster spider “Anansi” and his adventures with the Sky God. The piece is in six movements with ...

Growing up in Ghana, the author of Goldenborn (Scholastic, May) loved listening to stories about Anansi, the trickster spider ...

Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel, “American Gods,” had an ingenious premise: It’s set among the washed-up deities of a motley assortment of defunct pantheons, all of whom have been abandoned by their former ...

Larger than life puppets animate two West African tales of Anansi, the trickster spider, presented by Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre June 30 as part of Lynnwood’s Wonderstage children’s performance ...

Fans have been waiting for the TV adaptation of Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman’s 2005 fantasy novel about the two sons of the spider-god Anansi – for a long, long time. Gaiman explains: ‘Anansi Boys began ...

A new play structure representing the West African foktales of Anansi the spider has been commissioned for Fairytale Town in Sacramento’s Land Park. Sacramento sculptor Garr Ugalde has been selected ...

Nancy's son Charles Anansi is a sweet, reclusive administrative worker engaged to a woman who is saving herself until marriage. The reserved Charles always hated his father's antics and never forgave ...