Old Tropes

“Anansi’s gift sent his insides somewhere and left the rest of him standing there. He folded up like a pillowcase and the Elephant Bird caught me as I fell,” said Ayana, the village’s newest Griot. She had been made a Griot by Kembe, who the village had asked to replace Nganga.

Everyone in the Round House listened to the whole story, and everyone had questions. And then everyone wanted to hear it again.

Because that’s what happens with amazing things. They become new legends.