Resource: The Hat-Shaking Dance

The Hat-Shaking Dance and Other Tales from the Gold Coast

Author: Harold Courlander and Albert Kofi Prempeh
Illustrator: Enrico Arno
Year: 1962
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

All Stories are Anansi's
Anansi, the Oldest of Animals
Anansi's Hat-Shaking Dance
Two Feasts for Anansi
Anansi Plays Dead
The liar's Contest
Why Wisdom is Found Everywhere
Osebo's Drum
Anansi and the Elephant Go Hunting
the Planting Party
Okraman's Medicine
Anansi Borrows Money
Anansi's Rescue from the River
Anansi and the Elephant Exchange Knocks
How the Lizard Lost and Regained His Form
Anansi Steals the Palm Wine
The Elephant's Tail
The Porcupine's Hoe
The Sword that Fought by Itself
Nyame's Well
The Coming of the Yams