Reading Notes: Jamaica

Mango Tree

What's a better way to take notes than with some forest scenery!

Brainstorming notes over the short stories of Jamaica:

The trickster Spider Anansi is a famous folklore figure in West Africa, and slaves abducted from West Africa brought the stories of Anansi with them to the Americas.

Use the story of the grub-grub peas and write it in the setting of slavery. This would be good because the story of Anansi the spider comes from Africa and spread when slaves were brought to America.

In order to make the story longer, tie in the story of 'Tiger as the Riding-Horse' once Anansi has escaped from the tree.

Use a good portion of dialogue in the second half, or try to balance it more throughout the story without overloading it.

Anansi - the spider

Here is a picture provided that can be used in the story to provide the audience with a visual.

Bibliography:

This book of Jamaica Anansi Stories contains stories collected in Jamaica during the early years of the 20th century by Martha Warren Beck with, a professor of folklore and well-known ethnographer.