I just did some nosing around the internet looking up Anansi and found some very interesting things. Anansi in several African languages means spider. When enslaved Africans came to America they brought their beliefs with them. Anansi became “Aunt Nancy” in gullah, a African related language spoken in remote parts of South Carolina. Pretty neat.
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I just did some nosing around the internet looking up Anansi and found some very interesting things. Anansi in several African languages means spider. When enslaved Africans came to America they brought their beliefs with them. Anansi became “Aunt Nancy” in gullah, a African related language spoken in remote parts of South Carolina. Pretty neat.