The Anansi Chronicles

The Anansi Chronicles

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of stories based on black history and legends from all around the world. From the ancient kingdom of Mali, to the first black republic of Haiti- listen to black history like it has never been shown before.

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April 5, 2023 20 mins

The story of the infamous pirate known as Black Caesar.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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Dutty Boukman and Cecile Fatiman lead the Boise Caiman ceremony to trigger the start of the Haitian revolution.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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August 1, 2022 33 mins

The story of Cato Howe, a black man and a spy in the American Revolutionary War.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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July 5, 2022 33 mins

The story of Nanny of the Maroons. The mysterious and powerful runaway African queen who would form a maroon community in the hills of Jamaica. Nanny is also a Jamaican National Hero.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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May 2, 2022 21 mins

The story of the first foreigner and the only black man in Japan to ever achieve the title of Samurai.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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April 4, 2022 17 mins

The origins of the Black Brazilian martial art, Capoeira

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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March 7, 2022 24 mins

A black man explores North America in the 1500s and becomes a medicine man. His life gives birth to a strange legend surrounding supernatural figures from the culture of some Native American tribe.

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Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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In 1841 Madison Washington escaped from the bloody plantations of Virginia into the relative freedom of Canada. A few months later, he returned to Virginia in attempt to free his wife Susan. The resulting story is one love, passion, and the power of the human spirit.

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February 7, 2022 18 mins

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed out of the ocean blue- bringing death and disease with him. Legend has it that one of his ships was sailed by a black man.

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January 3, 2022 19 mins

Over 100 years before Columbus invaded the Americas, the leader of a wealthy African Kingdom set in search of a new world.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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December 1, 2021 2 mins

The new season of the Anansi Chronicles begins January 2022. This season will tell stories about real figures and events from global black history.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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