Once upon a time there was great scarcity of food in the land. Father Anansi and his son, Kweku...

There had been another great famine throughout the land. The villagers looked thin and pale for lack...

Anansi, in his old age, became a fisherman. Very soon after that his sight began to fail. Finally,...

Egya Anansi was a very skilful farmer. He, with his wife and son, set to work one year to prepare a...

A hard-working squirrel had, after much labour, succeeded in cultivating a very fine farm. Being a...

There came once such a terrible famine in the land that a grain of corn was worth far more than its...

There had been a great famine in the land for many months. Meat had become so scarce that only the...

In a town not very far from Anansi’s home lived a great king. This king had three beautiful...

There had been a long and severe famine in the land where Anansi lived. He had been quite unable to...

Near Anansi’s miserable little hut, there was a fine palace where lived a very rich man called...