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▼ Timestamps ▼
» 0:00 Intro
» 1:39 Sponsor
» 2:56 The Spider
» 5:27 Spider Tales
» 6:15 The Sky God's Stories
» 8:35 How Wisdom Came Into the World
» 9:55 How Children Were First Whipped
» 12:35 How Contradiction Came to the Ashanti
» 15:27 A Greater Purpose
» 17:23 WrapUp

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▼ Credits ▼
» Written by Jon Solo and Meredith Walker
» Researched by Jon Solo and Meredith Walker

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» The Annotated African American Folktales Kindle affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3B9YkKh
» West African FolkTales (1917) by William H. Barker: https://www.heritagehistory.com/inde...
» AkanAshanti FolkTales by Robert Rattray (purchase necessary): https://www.abibitumi.com/shop/akana...
» How African American folklore saved the cultural memory and history of slaves: https://theconversation.com/howafric...

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» REVEALING MY INTRO SONG! https://goo.gl/Z9eHu1
» Background Music: Killing Time Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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» Quotes 3 by Anders Bothén: https://goo.gl/Lz9ADE

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