These items will be in the silent auction at the 21st Annual Anansi Auction on Saturday, October 4 (click here for event details). 1. Sankofa Bird From the Ashanti (Akan) People of Ghana, 22″ x 16.5″ Starting bid $100 Buyout $350 2. Awole Game Starting bid $15 Buyout $50 […]
Please join us at the 21st Annual Anansi Auction for dessert, West African art, and to learn about Anansi’s latest news! Below is a preview of the live auction items and three museum-quality pieces from the personal collection of Kathryn Roe. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Saturday, October […]
These three items from the personal collection of Kathryn Roe will be for sale at the 21st Annual Anansi Auction on Saturday, October 4 (click here for event details). Kathryn’s appreciation of West African art is what first brought her to Cote D’Ivoire and then Ghana, years before founding Anansi Education. Since the first Anansi […]
Anansi Education will hold its annual auction in Bellingham on October 12th. Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on October 12th at 5:00 PM, at […]
This year, Anansi Education will hold its first annual San Diego auction! Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event on September 20th. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on […]
An update from Anansi founder Kathryn Roe: Greetings from Ghana. This report is an attempt to bring those of you who have been involved in our (as Bob McDonnell calls it) Ambitious Project up to date. I’ve been here in Mpeasem, Cape Coast, Ghana now for about a month and one half. Here is what […]
Madamfo (meaning “my friend” in Fanti) is a Netherlands-based nonprofit organization that is reconnecting with Anansi Education this year in a meaningful way. In a cooperative venture Madamfo has enrolled seven of our Anansi graduates in various University programs. Their financial commitment to these seven students will continue until their graduation from University. Madamfo has […]
Here is a list of the very special items that will be available at the live auction portion of the event on November 4th. There will also be additional items priced for direct sale, and some silent auction items. Please join us on November 4th at 4:30 PM, at the Encore Room at the Mt. […]
Christine Myers, a longtime friend of Anansi, recently visited Ghana and helped tutor in the Host & Teach workshops held for Anansi students. She wrote and shared the following essay about her experience. Thank you, Christine, for your energy, time, enthusiasm and generosity for Anansi Education and all our students. Ghanaian women in head […]
The first time I met Seidu Ibrahim he was a 17 year old surly teenager who in the company of his uncle Kwame said not one word to me. He just slumped on the sofa on my front porch with his feet and long skinny legs outstretched in front of him. Seidu’s life had changed […]