Ananse: Beans Never Lie

From across the divide, another mysterious Island appeared from nowhere.
Ananse seemed to wonder where it might lead to. Take on the role of Kweku Anansi and set on an adventure :)

Ghanaian folktales and proverbs have been around and part of the vibrant African culture even before documenting of history. Among the Akans, the Spider has been used as a great mischief maker and wise creature as well as a crafty miser and trickster through whom stories are told to advice youth and generations.

Kwaku Ananse and his wife Aso were invited to a party given by her father. Ananse decided to use the party as an occasion to show off his wealth to his in-laws, so he and his wife dressed in the finest church clothes and Ananse put on his nice-looking hat and put a pipe in his mouth. When they got to the party, the in-laws welcomed them and were impressed. Being very hungry, Ananse looked at the party table but did not find his favorite food there, which was hot beans. He thought to himself that his father-in-law must have hidden that dish, so he made a plan. He told his father-in-law that they would have to leave early and then, as he was leaving, sniffed the air for the smell of beans and detected the aroma coming from the kitchen. Ananse quickly asked to use the bathroom, but instead went into the kitchen, grabbed a plastic bag and filled it with some hot beans and hid the beans under his hat. Since the beans were a bit warm on his head, he tried to leave immediately. The father-in-law, being a good host, first congratulated Ananse on taking good care of his daughter and then chose to accompany the couple, talking all the while. Ananse tried desperately to take leave of his father-in-law but had to be polite. Soon he was in such pain that he could no longer tolerate the hot beans. When he tried to lift his hat, the beans spilled out over his fancy sandals and those of the father-in-law, who was shocked to discover that his son-in-law was a thief. Ananse disgraced his wife and had to run away in shame. His scalded head became bald as a result of such greed.