Week 8
In African and West Indian indigenous mythology, Anansi is the
spider god who created everything. Inspired from that folkore, the author writes
a story in which the spider god's two sons, Spider and Fat Charlier, seek and
find each other in different corners of the world. The two sons have adopted
Nancy, a variation on the name of Ananzi, as their surname. They are joined in
supernatural adventures that defy common notions of space, time, and
probability. These encounters within their own African culture and the culture
of the white mainstream society generate humorous, thought-provoking and often
silly consequences. The coexistence of their god-like abilities along with the
everyday world suggests a kind of magical realism found in the works of other
stories of this genre, commonly known as fantasy fiction. I loved that this
story was inspired from African folklore instead of the common Greek mythology
or the other common references used in modern media. It was new and I allowed
for a more “mystical” impression due to the nature of the inspiration.
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