“Anansi’s World of Folklore” by Nuwame – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Anansi’s World of Folklore” by Nuwame

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    Anansi's World of Folklore

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    SIGKids Interactive Educational Projects

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    Can oral storytelling live in a digital medium? Anansi’s World of? Folklore is a celebration of the art of storytelling, created as a??broadband site for showcasing and collecting folktales. It was??created to discover a way to give traditional oral storytelling a?meaningful place on the Internet.?Anansi is the spinner of tales and the owner of all stories; his?character serves as a departure point to the discovery of this?collection of folklore tales.

    Producers:

    Jacqueline Nuwame
    Judith Newman

    Art Director:

    Patrick Davilia


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