The West African traditional tale of Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock is told in two short video episodes for KS1. There is a new Resource Pack to go with the animation, with worksheets and ...

Anansi is a mischievous spider who appears in traditional stories from Africa and the Caribbean. In this story Anansi tricks his friends into falling asleep on a magical moss-covered rock.

Following the Neil Gaiman allegations that rocked the comics industry, Dark Horse Comics could have taken another approach to ...

Ananse, also spelled Anansi and Anancy, is one such folk hero of the African heritage diaspora. Half-human and half-spider, Ananse was created surrounded by wisdom, but in forgetting who he was went ...

In West Africa, the name "Anansi" means spider - a well-loved trickster. This ancient mythical character represents the survival strategies of a people who secure a future for themselves in spite ...

and I’m very surprised even now how many people don’t know who Anansi is, mostly because African folklore isn’t studied as much as European or Western folklore,” Jones said. Jones ...

Dark Horse Comics was set to publish more works in the Anansi Boys series, a spin-off of the British author's novel American ...