ashanti (african people)

A spider tries to prove he is the wisest and cleverest of all by learning to fly. Accompanied by illustrations of sign language hand motions correlated to the text.

A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.

Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.

In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave.

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.