Ananse Press

How hip life theatre was born in Ghana; Youth culture in the west African Nation takes the reins to create a new form of expression.(AFRICA WRITES BACK)
American Theatre; 11/1/2008; 2625 words; ...the power of this type of theatre. The Ghanaian entertainment press, Amarteifio explains, has reported a "slow death" of traditional...say that the traditional theatre--that tells stories about Ananse, the sly spider who always has one up on somebody, or stories...

College student from Saco chosen for Who's Who list
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 5/5/2005; 289 words; Portland Press Herald (Maine) 05-05-2005 College student from Saco chosen for Who...the national honor society for education. In January she worked on "Ananse the Spider Man," an educational theater production. Moody has received...

Children's book is artist's gift to Ethiopia and his adopted home.(The Seattle Times)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/9/2004; 1205 words; ...Art Museum exhibit of Ethiopian art in 1994 and encouraged him to produce a book. Published this year by Mumford's Ananse Press, "The Story of Coffee," recounts one version of the folktale in paintings and words. The book, which is made to...

THEY'RE MASKED ... AND ENTERTAINING.(RHYTHM)(CLUBS)(Column)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 8/19/2004; 751 words; ...Sunday night. On a national tour, Aphrodesia has earned acclaim from its hometown press in San Francisco. Opening the show will be Madison's Kweku Ananse and the Sweet Vibrations and poets Adam Gregory Pergament and Steve Timm. The show starts...

BLACK HERITAGE SOCIETY EXCAVATES THE PAST WITH A PASSION.(Life and Arts)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/5/2002; 1422 words; ...bicentennial - Mumford felt the story of black Seattle was only half-told. She continued her research, formed Ananse Press and in 1980 published "Seattle's Black Victorians: 1852-1901." "I wrote it," Mumford said, "because I thought...