Notes from Anansi Director Kathryn Roe: On Wednesday last Daniel and I traveled to Kumasi via bus to check out the accommodations for our Anansi Safari next September. It was a good trip. We found the Tumi Hostel to be all we had heard and more. The founder, a young woman from the Netherlands named […]
Kathryn has collected these charming Yacouba dancers, and they have been very popular at our annual auction and among Anansi supporters. They depict the dancing masks of the Yacouba people of Cote d’ Ivoire, and Kathryn, along with volunteers from the YES organization in Ghana, have given them all Ghanaian names. So each doll represents a […]
Lalina is twenty two years old, has an almost six year old son, is an Anansi graduate who has been working for Anansi for one and one half years, and is one of the most remarkable young women I know in Ghana. Most girls in Ghana suffer from self esteem problems. Lalina is different. She […]
In our last post we reported about the first annual Anansi Inter-Satellite Quiz. The winning team of that quiz were invited to take a trip to the Volta region of Ghana. Here is Anansi Managing Director Daniel Osei’s report on the trip. ———- Good day Mama, We thank the Almighty God for a successful trip to and fro […]
We recently received the following letter from Daniel Osei, Anansi Managing Director, about the first annual Anansi Inter-Satellite Quiz. This is a new event, organized by the satellite managers, to motivate students and provide an opportunity for social and academic engagement during the summer months. ————- Hello Mama, Trust you are doing great as well […]
Matthew Wilkinson is an amazing seventeen year old American high school student who is spending this school year in Ghana via the YES international exchange student program. Just recently Matthew’s family moved to Bellingham. He and the other five YES students in Ghana helped the Anansi staff with their home visits for their next year student selection. […]
The following items will be for sale at the Anansi 14th Annual Auction to be held at the Mt. Baker Theater on May 12, 2018 beginning at 5:30 p.m. To buy on line or for more information about these items contact roekathryn@gmail.com before May 10. Yacouba Dancing Figures These small brightly dressed and colored figures are […]
Live Auction: The following items will be auctioned off on May 12th at the 14th Annual Anansi Auction to be held at the Mt. Baker Theater in Bellingham, WA beginning at 5:30. Proxy bids may be emailed to: roekathryn@gmail.com at least two days before the auction. Cote d’Ivoire Hippo. This lovely carved hippo, made from […]
I wish you all could have been at our Annual Anansi Meeting this year. It was the best we’ve ever had. Our thirty seven second and third year students were invited with thirty two of them in attendance plus an additional five American high school students. Those five Americans helped make our meeting special as […]