The Anansi Chronicles – Details, episodes & analysis

The story of the infamous pirate known as Black Caesar.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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Sources

• https://www.britannica.com/story/black-pirates-and-the-tale-of-black-caesar
• https://www.pirateshipvallarta.com/blog/pirate-stories/pirates-peak-golden-age-of-piracy
•  https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Henri_Caesar
• https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-10-06-9102090910-story.html

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Dutty Boukman and Cecile Fatiman lead the Boise Caiman ceremony to trigger the start of the Haitian revolution.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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Sources

• http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0111
• https://lasentinel.net/tribute-to-independence-part-four.html
• https://www.boukmanacademy.com/intro-to-the-haitian-revolution/dutty-boukman
• https://www.richlandone.org/cms/lib/SC02209149/Centricity/Domain/2593/Connections%20Between%20the%20American%20and%20Hatian%20Revolutions.pdf
• https://wp.stu.ca/worldhistory/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/08/Boukmans-Prayer-Bois-Caiman.pdf
• https://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=François_Makandal
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/06/in-1825-haiti-gained-independence-from-france-for-21-billion-its-time-for-france-to-pay-it-back/?sh=135e02b0312b 
• https://youtu.be/Sn32cWUT83E

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The new season of the Anansi Chronicles begins January 2022. This season will tell stories about real figures and events from global black history.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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The story of Cato Howe, a black man and a spy in the American Revolutionary War.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_(spy)
•  http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/parting.html
• https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/cato-howe-1824/
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/hercules-mulligan?ms=googlegrant&ms=googlegrant&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDp3Uto1zU1P-R6nOGsdUgHYtWt7QaRTv3jDlCJ-7cdmv3RQbN4Eh7MRoCdHQQAvD_BwE

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The story of Nanny of the Maroons. The mysterious and powerful runaway African queen who would form a maroon community in the hills of Jamaica. Nanny is also a Jamaican National Hero.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

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Sound Credits
Additional sound effects and music from:

• https://freesound.org
• https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.pacdv.com

Sources

• https://cyber.harvard.edu/eon/marroon/history.html
• https://jis.gov.jm/information/jamaican-history/
• http://www.jnht.com/disndat_people.php
• https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/queen-nanny-maroons-1733/
• https://jamaicans.com/queennanny/
• https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/nanny-maroons

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The story of the first foreigner and the only black man in Japan to ever achieve the title of Samurai.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

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Sound Credits
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• https://www.pacdv.com

References

https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/02/the-real-yasuke-is-far-more-interesting-than-his-netflix-show/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oda-Nobunaga

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/19/asia/black-samurai-yasuke-africa-japan-intl/index.html

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/yasuke-1555/

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-bushido-195302

 https://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/enteredo_8.html

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/discovering-japan/discovering-japan/samurai-armour/

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The origins of the Black Brazilian martial art, Capoeira

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

Support the show

You can show your support for the show by buying me a coffee (or new gear) at this link

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Sound Credits
Additional sound effects and music from:

• https://freesound.org
• https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.pacdv.com

Sources

 https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/slavery-brazil

https://library.brown.edu/create/fivecenturiesofchange/chapters/chapter-2/african-slavery/

https://honestmediablog.com/2018/01/01/african-combat/

 http://atacxgymcapoeira.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-true-history-of-kipuracapoeira-pt-2.html

 https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/disguised-in-dance-the-secret-history-of-capoeira/

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/national-traditions/brazilian-tradition3.htm

https://www.historyoffighting.com/the-roots-of-the-capoeira-fighter.php

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A black man explores North America in the 1500s and becomes a medicine man. His life gives birth to a strange legend surrounding supernatural figures from the culture of some Native American tribe.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

Follow the Anansi Chronicles on Facebook and Twitter for additional updates.

You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

Support the show

You can show your support for the show by buying me a coffee (or new gear) at this link

Support the show (https://www.ko-fi.com/anansipod)


Sound Credits
Additional sound effects and music from:

• https://freesound.org
• https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.pacdv.com

Sources

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony  accessed on June 27, 2021. 

https://www.aaihs.org/the-fallacy-of-1619-rethinking-the-history-of-africans-in-early-america/

https://www.southwestcrossroads.org/record.php?num=34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakwaina

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seven-cities-of-cibola

https://www.psi.edu/about/staff/hartmann/coronado/journeyofmarcosdeniza.html

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In 1841 Madison Washington escaped from the bloody plantations of Virginia into the relative freedom of Canada. A few months later, he returned to Virginia in attempt to free his wife Susan. The resulting story is one love, passion, and the power of the human spirit.

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You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

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You can show your support for the show by buying me a coffee (or new gear) at this link

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Sound Credits
Additional sound effects and music from:

• https://freesound.org
• https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.pacdv.com

Sources

• https://briankrice.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/one-of-the-greatest-slave-love-stories-ever/
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
• https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/slave-rebellions#ref1218383
• https://face2faceafrica.com/article/madison-washington-the-real-life-django-who-escaped-slavery-twice-during-the-1800s
• Lee, R. E. (1998). Madison Washington, slave mutineer. BLACFAX, 8(36), 8.

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In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed out of the ocean blue- bringing death and disease with him. Legend has it that one of his ships was sailed by a black man.

The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

Follow the Anansi Chronicles on Facebook and Twitter for additional updates.

You can send an email to anansipod@gmail.com

Support the show

You can show your support for the show by buying me a coffee (or new gear) at this link

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Sound Credits
Additional sound effects and music from:

• https://freesound.org
• https://www.zapsplat.com
• https://www.pacdv.com

Sources

 https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/nino-pedro-alonso-c-1468-c-1505

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Marzollo

https://aaregistry.org/story/pedro-nino-navagator-born/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/oct12/columbus-makes-landfall-caribbean/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/columbus-reaches-the-new-world

https://www.history.com/news/christopher-columbus-ships-caravels?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history

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