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When in doubt, don't hesitate to ask (Anansi Storytelling) Kwabena Ofori Osei 73 Views • 4 years ago

When in doubt, don't hesitate to ask
When something is not clear, you should go back and listen again.

The storyteller
Noah Mensah Konkorn
More from this storyteller: Interview with Noah mensah Konkorn (b)

When in doubt, don't hesitate to ask (Twi)
Once upon of time, God asked: 'Who could go to the devil and bring certain things from him?' But he wouldn't say what those things were. Nobody came forward except Kwaku Anansi. He went on his way, but had not been told what to collect. He went to a flock of birds to reason with them. He asked the birds to give him one feather each, and that he would reward them for them later. They granted him his request. He put on the feathers and Anansi became a beautiful bird. He flew back to the tree where God always sat and overheard him say that what he wanted form the devil were his sandals and staff. As soon as Anansi heard this he went on his way to the devil. The devil gave him a place to rest when he arrived. Anansi asked the devil for his staff to kill the big mosquitoes and asked him for his sandals so they wouldn't bit him in his feet. The devil gave him what he requested and as soon as he left, Anansi ran away. God asked him how he had known what to bring back. Anansi asked him about the beautiful bird and God replied he didn't know its name. Anansi answered: 'His name is: If something isn't clear, go back and listen again.'
Story type: Story

Duration:
Keywords: devil; sandals; God; instructions; mosquito; Anansi; staff; birds
Copyright video recording: © Foundation Vista Far Reaching Visuals
www.anansimasters.net

Related videos: Interview with Noah mensah Konkorn (b)

The Anansi Masters project is a digital platform developed by Vista Far Reaching Visuals and partners. At the website http://www.anansimasters.net you can find information about the story character of Anansi or Nanzi and especially many stories. The stories originated in Africa and were exported to other parts of the world through slave trade and migration where they developed independently. In Anansi Masters, the similarities and differences between the stories and storytellers can be found. Anansi Masters initiates different activities all over the world where stories from this oral tradition can be found. Anansi Masters collaborates with writers, theatre makers, filmmakers, researchers, schools and of course with many many storytellers. Discover all the results on the Anansi Masters website!

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Why Malcolm X Left The Nation Of Islam Kwadwo Danmeara Tòkunbọ̀ Datɛ 77 Views • 3 years ago

In 1959, TV Producers Mike Wallace and Louis Lomax produced a five part TV special entitled, "The Hate That Hate Produced" about the Nation of Islam. The special introduced millions of Americans to the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and The Nation of Islam for the first time. Five years later, Malcolm X would leave the organization. In this video, we explore the reasons why.

Sources
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Books:

Lincoln, C. Eric. The Black Muslims in America. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9780865433991.
Taylor, Ula Yvette. “The Promise of Patriarchy.” Women and the Nation of Islam, 2017.

Muhammad, Elijah. The Supreme Wisdom - Solution to the So-called NEGROES Problem VOL. 1. 1997. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855139.

Muhammad, Elijah. The Supreme Wisdom - What Every American So-Called Negro Should Know About - Vol. 2. 1996. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855191.

Gibson, Dawn-Marie, and Jamillah Karim. “Women of the Nation.” Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam, 2014.
Muhammad, Elijah. The Tricknology of the Enemy. Edited by Nasir Hakim, 1997. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781884855214.

Muhammad, Elijah. Message to the Blackman in America. 1965. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9781929594016.
Gardell, Mattias. “In The Name of Elijah Muhammad.” Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, 1996. Bowker, https://doi.org/10.1604/9780822318521.

Articles/Journals:

Abdat, Fathie Ali. “The Moorish Science Temple of America.” Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements, edited by Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack, Brill, 2021, pp. 673–93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.....1163/j.ctv1v7zbv8.3 Accessed 29 Dec. 2022.

Melnick, Jeffrey. Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New South. University Press of Mississippi, 2000. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvfgn. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

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“The Little-known Story Behind Marcus Garvey’s Fierce Fight With WEB DuBois - SamePassage.” SamePassage - Truth Untold, 20 Aug. 2020, samepassage.org/the-little-known-story-behind-marcus-garveys-fierce-fight-with-web-dubois.

MUHAMMAD, RICHARD. “Dreams, Delusions and Slander.” Dreams, Delusions and Slander, 18 Jan. 2019, www.finalcall.com/artman/publi....sh/editorials/Dreams

“The Imam’s Next Move : W. Deen Mohammed Has Moved the Black Muslims in His Ministry Toward Reconciliation With Other Races and Religions. Now, He Wants the Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan to Put Aside His Separatist Sentiments and Join Him.” Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 1994, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xp....m-1994-08-04-ls-3328

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“Henry Ford and Anti-Semitism: A Complex Story.” Henry Ford and Anti-Semitism: A Complex Story, www.thehenryford.org/collectio....ns-and-research/digi Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

“Annual 3 Chapter 7.” Annual 3 Chapter 7, www.museumoftolerance.com/educ....ation/archives-and-r Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

“A Proletarian Critique of the Nation of Islam - Melancholic Troglodytes.” libcom.org, libcom.org/article/proletarian-critique-nation-islam-melancholic-troglodytes. Accessed 20 Jan. 2023.

The Crisis, Vol. 24, No. 5. (September, 1922). https://www.marxists.org/histo....ry/usa/workers/civil

“The Death of Ronald Stokes and the Birth of Black Power in Los Angeles.” CSUN University Library, 4 Apr. 2022, library.csun.edu/SCA/Peek-in-the-Stacks/ronald-stokes.

Research:

Fiske, Susan T. “Managing ambivalent prejudices: The smart-but-cold, and the warm-butdumb sterotypes.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science vol. 639,1 (2012): 33-48. doi:10.1177/0002716211418444

Lester, Julius. “BLACKS, JEWS, AND FARRAKHAN.” dissentmagazine.org, June 1994, www.dissentmagazine.org/wp-con....tent/files_mf/165090

Music:

All Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Songs:
“Dark Walk”
“Bicycle”
“Clean Soul”
“Dirt Rhodes”
“Dreams Become Real”
“Heavy Heart”
“Over Under”