Confessions of Anansi by David Brailsford ; illustrated by John Stilgoe.

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Stilgoe, John [ill.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : LMH Pub., c2003.Edition: 1st ed. illustrated by John StilgoeDescription: vii, 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

9768184515
9789768184511

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DDC classification:

819.827221

LOC classification:

GR121.J2 B725 2003

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Summary: An illustrated collection of Anansi stories "intended ... for all ages, being as it is a micro history of the legendary heroes of the Jamaican nation and a cry for the freedom of its people."Summary: An original concept [in which] the author does not relate the usual Anansi stories ... but entwines them with the lives of the Ashanti Africans from the slave trade to plantation life in Jamaica. You see Anansi from the interior to the coast of Africa with the captured Africans. You experience his horror of the Middle Passage, the auction block and plantation life and its many intrigues ..."Summary: Illustrations of Nanny of the Maroons [p.45]; Sam Sharpe [p.51]; Paul Bogle[p.59];George William Gordon [p.67];Marcus Garvey [p.69]; Alexander Bustamante [p.81]; Norman Manley [p.88].

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Wesley Powell Learning Resource Centre	CS / 819.827221 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		47052
Books	Wesley Powell Learning Resource Centre	R/WIC/819.827221 BRA (43036) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		43036

"Born in Nottingham, England ... David Brailsford qualified as a Psychiatric Nurse ... He developed a staff in-house Training Department and worked with clients as a Registered Dramatherapist. Now retired, he spends much of his time writing tales about Jamaican history, folklore and fantasy. His first book was a collection of ghost stories, entitled Jamaican Duppy Stories. He lives with his Jamaican born wife, Leonie in Nottingham England.

An illustrated collection of Anansi stories "intended ... for all ages, being as it is a micro history of the legendary heroes of the Jamaican nation and a cry for the freedom of its people."

An original concept [in which] the author does not relate the usual Anansi stories ... but entwines them with the lives of the Ashanti Africans from the slave trade to plantation life in Jamaica. You see Anansi from the interior to the coast of Africa with the captured Africans. You experience his horror of the Middle Passage, the auction block and plantation life and its many intrigues ..."

Illustrations of Nanny of the Maroons [p.45]; Sam Sharpe [p.51]; Paul Bogle[p.59];George William Gordon [p.67];Marcus Garvey [p.69]; Alexander Bustamante [p.81]; Norman Manley [p.88].

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