Summary and Analysis of The Marriage of Anansewa

Ananse secretly favours Chief-who-is-chief, when asked by his daughter, Anansewa , why the choice of four Chiefs, Ananse replies, “Let’s say that covers North, South, East, West.”

Ananse receives gifts from each of the Chiefs, none of whom knows his rivals, the four Chiefs decided to come and offer the ‘head drink’, thus establishing their marriage to Anansewa, Ananse persuades his daughter to pretend to be dead (mock death), then a message is sent to the four Chiefs about the death of Anansewa. They all send their messengers with gifts for the funeral ceremony. The speeches from the messengers indicate to Ananse how much their love would have cared for Anansewa.

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