Anansi and Number Five

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Anansi’s up to his tricks again. As usual, he’s trying to con his animal friends out of their food. He’s doing rather well – until he meets Guinea Fowl who knows exactly the same tricks. Who will be the greatest trickster in this story? Listen to storyteller Wangari tell this fun West African tale, and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Super Great Kids stories.
0:17.0	Wise tales from storytellers around the world which will make you laugh and sometimes cry.
0:26.0	Recommended for ages 5 to 105.
0:31.0	I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:34.0	Hello, super great kids, and how are you?
0:38.0	My reason to be cheerful is that we've been working on a new Super Great Kids colouring book and it'll
0:46.3	soon be ready. Hurrah! And it's November and today we have and the Nancy the spider story for you told by Wangari from Kenya
0:58.7	I imagine a Nancy was rather busy being a trickster this Halloween.
1:03.9	Did you know that people in different cultures have contrasting ideas about spiders?
1:10.0	In West Africa, spiders are like Anansi, tricksters, and likable rogues.
1:16.2	But in Japan, they're seen as evil demons in disguise.
1:21.7	And according to Cherokee legend in the US, grandmother spider is clever and
1:27.0	thoughtful and wise. She was the one who brought light to the world. Amazing.
1:35.0	And Nancy's stories, as you may well know by now, are particularly popular in both Africa
1:41.0	and the Caribbean. Today's storyteller comes from Africa, so before we
1:46.7	hear Aranasi story, can you have a think about how many African countries you can come up with
1:54.0	while we have a quick word with the grown-ups.
1:58.0	Ready? Off you go.
2:06.0	Hello, super great kids. I'm back. So, that was a tough one.
2:09.0	How did you do?
2:11.0	How about Ghana, which is in West Africa?
2:14.0	What other countries can you think of?
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