Anansi & Folklore
What type of creature is Anansi?
What is a spider
On which continent did Anansi stories originate?
What is Africa
Who wrote Anansi?
Who is Alistair Campbell
What historical system is important to the play?
What is slavery?
What type of character is Anansi?
A trickster
What is Anansi known for?
What is his cleverness and trickery?
Which West African people are strongly associated with Anansi stories?
Who are the Akan people?
What kind of journey did the girl make?
What is a journey across the Atlantic on a slave ship
Where is the young girl being taken?
Where is Jamaica
What is one major theme of the play?
What is freedom?
What does Anansi often use instead of physical strength?
What is his intelligence?
How were Anansi stories passed down?
What is through storytelling?
Who tells the girl about Anansi stories?
Who is an older enslaved woman?
Why was storytelling important to enslaved Africans?
What is it preserved their culture and identity
What does storytelling represent in the play?
What is resistance and survival
Why is Anansi considered a trickster?
How did Anansi stories reach the Caribbean?
What is they were brought by enslaved Africans from West Africa
Where does the ship eventually arrive?
What is Kingston Harbour?
What does the slave ship represent in the play?
What is the cruelty and suffering of the slave trade
What does Anansi symbolize?
What is cleverness, survival, and resistance
Why is Anansi an important cultural figure in the Caribbean?
What is his stories helped preserve African traditions and represent resistance
Why was oral tradition especially important when written records were limited?
What is it allowed people to preserve and pass on their history, beliefs, and culture
What happens when the girl reaches Kingston?
What is she is sold at an auction
How does the girl’s experience connect to Anansi’s stories?
What is like Anansi, she uses stories and inner strength to survive oppression
What is the main message if Anansi?
What is physical freedom can be taken away, but culture, identity, and the power of the mind can survive