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Narrated by:
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Bobby Norfolk
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By:
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Bobby Norfolk
About this listen
With material gleamed on that trip and from the tradition of African tellers in North America, Bobby Norfolk electrifies audiences with energized retellings of Anansi the wise, Anansi the resourceful, and Anansi the mythic underdog figure who is never undone or outdone.
For Ages Five to Adult
©1999 Bobby Norfolk (P)1999 August House Publishers, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Anansi Goes to Lunch
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Anansi is invited to three parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served - but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle! That's why Spiders have small waists today.
By: Bobby Norfolk, and others
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Norfolk Tales
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales (from the African, Eastern European, Appalachian, and Irish traditions) to the delight of all ages. From Anansi, the African trickster, to Jack, the bumbling, lucky, persevering Everyman of traditional stories, Norfolk's characters instruct while they entertain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bobby Norfolk Rocks!
- By Jeanne on 04-02-08
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Anansi and the Tug o' War
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn. Illustrated by Baird Hoffmire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Anansi Does It Again!
- By wolfspyder on 02-11-14
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Timeless Tales
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The children who populate these classic stories are heroes and heroines of timeless tales. Their unpredictable antics confound evil and treachery at every turn and leave listeners of generation after generation transfixed and uplifted. A forced marriage. A dangerous job. A horrible assignment. "Character-building experiences," we quip. And that's the truth. Painful as the truth may be, we cannot achieve our potential without facing force, danger, and horror head-on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loooooove
- By Damont and Deidre Smith on 08-24-17
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales (African, Eastern European, Appalachian, and Irish traditions), to the delight of all ages. From Anansi, the African trickster, to Jack, the bumbling, lucky, persevering Everyman of traditional stories, Norfolk's characters instruct while they entertain.
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Anansi and the Pot of Beans
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Did you ever wonder why spiders have no hair? After reading this African trickster tale, you will know. When Anansi goes to help his grandmother, he can't resist her steaming-hot pot of beans. Bobby and Sherry Norfolk take a wonderful new look at a classic story. Illustrated by Baird Hoffmire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short, But Not To Be Missed!
- By wolfspyder on 02-11-14
By: Bobby Norfolk, and others
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Anansi Goes to Lunch
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Anansi is invited to three parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served - but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle! That's why Spiders have small waists today.
By: Bobby Norfolk, and others
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Norfolk Tales
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales (from the African, Eastern European, Appalachian, and Irish traditions) to the delight of all ages. From Anansi, the African trickster, to Jack, the bumbling, lucky, persevering Everyman of traditional stories, Norfolk's characters instruct while they entertain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bobby Norfolk Rocks!
- By Jeanne on 04-02-08
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Anansi and the Tug o' War
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn. Illustrated by Baird Hoffmire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Anansi Does It Again!
- By wolfspyder on 02-11-14
By: Bobby Norfolk, and others
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Timeless Tales
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The children who populate these classic stories are heroes and heroines of timeless tales. Their unpredictable antics confound evil and treachery at every turn and leave listeners of generation after generation transfixed and uplifted. A forced marriage. A dangerous job. A horrible assignment. "Character-building experiences," we quip. And that's the truth. Painful as the truth may be, we cannot achieve our potential without facing force, danger, and horror head-on.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loooooove
- By Damont and Deidre Smith on 08-24-17
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- By: Bobby Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings his electrifying energy to world folktales (African, Eastern European, Appalachian, and Irish traditions), to the delight of all ages. From Anansi, the African trickster, to Jack, the bumbling, lucky, persevering Everyman of traditional stories, Norfolk's characters instruct while they entertain.
By: Bobby Norfolk
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Anansi and the Pot of Beans
- By: Bobby Norfolk, Sherry Norfolk
- Narrated by: Bobby Norfolk
- Length: 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Did you ever wonder why spiders have no hair? After reading this African trickster tale, you will know. When Anansi goes to help his grandmother, he can't resist her steaming-hot pot of beans. Bobby and Sherry Norfolk take a wonderful new look at a classic story. Illustrated by Baird Hoffmire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Short, But Not To Be Missed!
- By wolfspyder on 02-11-14
By: Bobby Norfolk, and others
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Anansi the Spider
- By: Gerald McDermott
- Narrated by: John J. Akar
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
Anansi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terrible fate by his six sons in this traditional tale from West Africa.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Check Out Bobby Norfolk's Version of this Story!
- By Jeanne on 04-02-08
By: Gerald McDermott
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Anansi
- By: Brian Gleeson
- Narrated by: Denzel Washington
- Length: 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37
Here are two hilarious Jamaican folktales about the original story spinner himself, both read by Denzel Washington. Anansi the spider is teeny-teeny, but his boasts are as tall as tales get. In the first story, Anansi takes Tiger's challenge and outwits the prideful snake to win possession of all the stories in the jungle. In the second story, Anansi devises a scheme to appear important at his mother-in-law's funeral but gets caught in his own lies and winds up as bald as a mango.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great audiobook
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By: Brian Gleeson
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Anansi the Spider, Apt. 3, Flossie and the Fox, & Goggles!
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Anasi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terible fate by his six sons in this traditional tale from West Africa.
By: Gerald McDermott, and others
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Wild Seed
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- By: Octavia E. Butler
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,519
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,358
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,352
For a thousand years, Doro has cultivated a small African village, carefully breeding its people in search of seemingly unattainable perfection. He survives through the centuries by stealing the bodies of others, a technique he has so thoroughly mastered that nothing on Earth can kill him. But when a gang of New World slavers destroys his village, ruining his grand experiment, Doro is forced to go west and begin anew. He meets Anyanwu, a centuries-old woman whose means of immortality are as kind as his are cruel. Now they begin a struggle that will last centuries.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Tough Review To Write...
- By AlTonya on 04-05-21
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Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
- By: Nelson Mandela - editor
- Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Damon, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 522
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 355
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales is an audiobook benefiting children orphaned and impacted by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, featuring Gillian Anderson, Benjamin Bratt, LeVar Burton, Ricardo Chavira, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Parminder Nagra, Sophie Okonedo, CCH Pounder, and Alan Rickman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exotic, fun and fascinating
- By Penny on 08-13-09
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'Anansi and the Talking Melon' and 'Anansi and the Magic Stick'
- By: Eric A. Kimmel
- Narrated by: Jerry Terheyden
- Length: 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
This time it's Turtle who outwits the lazy Anansi when the spider asks his friend to teach him how to fish. Hoping to con Turtle of his fish, instead Anansi gets stuck doing all the work, and though he appeals for justice from Judge Warthog, his reputation precedes him and he receives no sympathy.
By: Eric A. Kimmel
Editorial reviews
Bobby Norfolk, master African-American storyteller, gives an unqualified hilarious performance of six folk stories. His sound effects are priceless: flies buzzing, doors creaking, and trees being chopped down. Norfolk is animated and sounds completely comfortable speaking to groups of any size, although this is a studio recording. He has a deep Southern accent and speaks rapidly but clearly. There are a few seconds of native drumming between stories. This production will entertain children of all ages.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Ramses
- 03-20-15
Too child focused
Despite Mr. Norfolk's annotations, the stories that he says are well respected in Africa, are transformed into child stories and narrates them exactly like that.
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