Instructional Video4:17
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The myth of Anansi, the trickster spider | Emily Zobel Marshall

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Long ago, all stories belonged to Nyame, the all-seeing Sky God. But one creature, Anansi, was determined to bring the stories down to Earth. Anansi went to Nyame and requested to take ownership of the world's stories. The Sky God told...
Instructional Video7:41
PBS

Werehyena: The Terrifying Shapeshifters of African Lore

9th - Higher Ed
African folklore dictates that unlike other werecreatures this monster is an animal that disguises itself in human form. By day it walks the earth nearly indistinguishable from humans, but at night it returns to its true hyena shape. We...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course World Mythology #11: African Pantheons and the Orishas

9th - 10th
This video focuses on the African Pantheons and particularly the Orishas including the gods and goddesses including Olorun, the great sky god and Orunmila, god of wisdom and divination. The Orishas all wanted their own powers; the myth...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Mythology #29: The Mwindo Epic

9th - 10th
Mike Rugnetta teaches you about the African hero of The Congo, Mwindo! Mike will tell you the stories of Mwindo's birth, his many deaths, and his evolution from a braggy superhuman baby to a wise, superhuman leader of his people. Along...
Instructional Video
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Anansi's Sun and Moon

Pre-K - 1st Standards
A story of how the sun and the moon came to live in the sky.