A Web of Stories as Told by House of Aama
House of Aama debuted their FW23 “Parables” capsule collection, made in collaboration with visual artist Gianni Lee, at NYFW.
Have you heard the story of Anansi the Spider?
The story of Anansi is a many-legged folktale that began in Ghana eons ago and is very popular amongst Black people.
It is believed that Anansi was born to the sky god Nyame, who turned him into a spider as punishment for his mischievous and trickish ways. In Ghana, he is known as Kweku Anansi, the Ashanti Akan ‘god' of stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery. Some believe that he created the sun, the moon, and the stars.
From Ghana, Anansi’s story spread by word of mouth to the southern United States, the Caribbean, and South America by way of the transatlantic slave trade. And naturally, as time passed, the story evolved. Storytellers gave Anansi different names and made up stories about him, adapted to their changing circumstances and environments.
Storytelling is a central part of the life of Black people. Back then it was their way of passing on their heritage and teaching life lessons to gener…
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