An Ananse storytelling project by Akotowaa, free to read and to listen to.
ON THE CEILING
OTC 1: The Complete Kuukua Collection
A free-to-download e-book file.
What if Kwaku Ananse was a teenage girl in the year 2017?
In a single collection, read 8 different short stories featuring the Ghanaian trickster, Kuukua Annan, as she navigates the transitions from junior secondary to senior high school, and stunning revelations about her spidery paternal legacy. 🕷️
OTC 2: Green Green Grasses
An 8-episode Anansesɛm podcast, free to listen to.
What if every Ananse story was just a retelling of a real Ananse’s exploits?
Green Green Grasses transforms each story from OTC 1: The Complete Kuukua Collection, into a more traditional Ananse story format. The podcast series is best appreciated in tandem with OTC 1 but can also be enjoyed in isolation. Suitable for very young listeners. 🕷️
OTC 3: The Okonore Trilogy
COMING SOON!
Three free-to-download e-book files.
What if Ananse’s wife, Okonore Yaa, was so much more than the legends suggest?
The 3 novelettes in this series are the direct sequel to OTC 1: The Complete Kuukua Collection. Yaw Connor, Kuukua’s oldest friend, is faced with a challenge that he cannot solve without the help of his friends. 🕷️
About OTC
On the Ceiling (OTC) is a multifaceted storytelling project by Ghanaian storyteller, Akotowaa, which breathes new life into that most beloved of Akan folklore characters, Kwaku Ananse. The spider-man trickster is so well-known among Ghanaians that he may have transitioned into the realm of cliché—or, at least, that’s what fictional Ghanaian teenager Kuukua Annan thinks, until a shocking revelation about her own family forces a change in perspective.
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OTC is free to consume. However, creating and distributing art costs time and money, particularly for a project such as this, which involves extensive collaboration. Your support enables Akotowaa to keep creating, and to compensate her collaborators.
More by Akotowaa
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