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• How Anansi Brought Stories to the World Aug 16, 2025

  

  The sun had not yet risen, but the market fires were flickering to life. Anansi, restless and bright-eyed, had a plan. Once, stories were hoarded by the Sky God Nyame and kept in a tall, thorny tree that no one could climb. People had only songs and small sayings. Anansi wanted to change that.

  He went first to the river to speak with the python, who knew the slow, winding ways of language. “Help me wrap around the tree,” Anansi pleaded. The python hissed and tempted him with riddles, but Anansi traded a promise of laughter and a favorite tale in return.