Anansi the Spider - Mythillogical Podcast

Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription ➡️Here: https://go.babbel.com/t?bsc=1200m60-youtube-thehistocrat-jun-2023&btp=default&utm_term=generic_v1&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_source=YouTube&utm_content=Influencer..thehistocrat..USA..YouTube Today Charles and Crofty discuss the enigmatic trickster, Anansi the Spider, tracing his origins on the fringes of West African society and religion, to his evolution into a symbol of slave defiance and rebellion in plantation Jamaica. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A/join Help support us elsewhere at: https://www.patreon.com/thehistocrat https://twitter.com/The_Histocrat https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social This video is also available in podcast form, you can find it on all good podcasting platforms, including: https://open.spotify.com/episode/657qAzG9cHmOlmxnvxVJot https://podcasts.apple.com/kz/podcast/anansi-the-trickster/id1514656609?i=1000612958718 Mythillogical logo and Cover art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's artwork below: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ linktr.ee/ettore.mazza Video editing by Byron Lewis: https://byronlewis.com/ Sources for today's video included: Anansi, Eshu and Legba. Slave Resistance and the West African Trickster by Dr Emily Zobel Marshall https://www.academia.edu/4730679/_2010_Anansi_Eshu_and_Legba_Slave_Resistance_and_the_West_African_Trickster_in_Hoermann_R_and_Mackenthun_G_eds_Bonded_Labour_in_the_Cultural_Contact_Zone_Transdisciplinary_Perspectives_on_Slavery_and_Its_Discourses_M%C3%BCnster_Waxmann_ Anansi’s Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance by Dr Emily Zobel Marshall https://www.waterstones.com/book/anansis-journey/emily-zobel-marshall/9789766402617 Nothing but Pleasant Memories of the Discipline of Slavery: The Trickster and the Dynamics of Racial Representation by Dr Emily Zobel Marshall https://eprints.leedsbecket