Anansy! Anancy! on June 9th in DC

Free – Anancy! Anansi! Festival in DC, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Nairobi, and Kingston Tomorrow! (June 9th)

Anansy! Anancy! on June 9th in DC

June 9th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL)

901 G St, NW, Washington, DC.

Anancy (Ananse or Anansi) is the West African trickster hero of numerous folk tales that are popular across the Caribbean and throughout the African Diaspora. This clever and conniving character is familiar to millions of people around the world.

Anancy! Anansi! Festival is a celebration of the Caribbean’s diverse and spectacular cultural heritage, both traditional and contemporary, and is designed to have special appeal to the young and young at heart.

Other locations…

 

 

Pembroke Pines/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

12:00 noon – 5:00 pm

South Regional/Broward College Library

7300 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024

Admission: Free

 

Kingston, Jamaica

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library

2 Tom Redcam Drive, Kingston 3

Admission: Free

 

Orlando, Florida

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Princess Theater

15 W. First St. Sanford, FL 32771

Admission FREE to children under the age of 2

 

Washington, DC

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

MLK Library

901 G Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001

Admission: Free

 

Nairobi, Kenya

June 9th,2:00pm – 5:00pm

Location: G-Rockers centre,

Kawangware Slums

Admission: Free