"This interdisciplinary study examines the cultural and historical significance of the Jamaican Anansi folktales. Anansi the spider is the trickster folk hero West African slaves transported to the ...

Anansi is a folklore character from Ghana that often takes the shape of a spider. He is a popular character from West African and Caribbean history as stories about him have been told for generations, ...

If there were to be an “irie” leader, then one would expect him or her to be birthed and/or raised in Jamaica, the birthplace of irie. However, our Jamaican political leaders keep on presenting ...

After tricking Tiger into leaving the soup he has been cooking, Anansi the spider eats the soup himself and manages to put the blame on the monkeys.

All Caribbean children (from Jamaica to Guyana) learned about Brer Anansi. Brer Anansi is one of the most significant characters in Caribbean folklore. “He is admirably clever as he is greedy, selfish ...

Luke Cage’s first season established black culture to the fullest and that blackness permeated throughout the plot and its characters’ arc developments in all 13 episodes. The show gave an ...