Hoe Nanzi de koning beetnam/Kon Nanzi a nèk shon arei - Nilda Pinto

HOE NANZI DE KONING BEETNAM / KON NANZI A NÈK SHON AREI 
Nilda Pinto (ed.)

BILINGUAL CHILDREN'S BOOK

Nanzi not only fooled the king, but also tiger, the devil en eeven his girlffriend. He's a smart spider. He knows how to get himself always ot off a predicament, by using the stupidity of others. 

The stories of this smart spider are originally from West Africa, from Ghana. of the Ashanti people. In times off slavery Nanzi played an important role as consolation and a form of protest for the oppressed. The Africans took these stories to the Caribbean. In the Netherland these stories are known from Suriname, where Nanzi is named Anansi. 

This bilingual book with 32 stories about the smart spider Nanzi shows that the Dutch Caribbean stories are authentic.

For ages: all ages. Children from 5 years old. 

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Dutch, Papiamentu | paperback | 208 pages | Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer | Haarlem |  3rd edition | 2012