About
Follow the Web. Discover Ghana.
Follow Kwaku Ananse and his family through the Great Web of Stories and discover Ghana's history, people, traditions, places and incredible cultures. The adventures are animated on YouTube; this site is the companion for exploring further.
Tradition, adventure and research
Ananse Adventures combines traditional Anansesɛm, new fictional adventures and carefully researched Ghanaian history and culture. Kwaku Ananse and his family come from Ghana's storytelling traditions; Nana Abena is an original Ananse Adventures character.
Reviewed before published
Historical and cultural material is researched, sourced and reviewed before it is published. Where the research is not finished, we publish concise high-level copy rather than invented detail.
Made for ages 6 to 12
Adventures are made for curious children aged roughly 6 to 12 and the grown-ups watching with them, with notes and activities for home and the classroom.
Quiet by design
No accounts, no comments, no purchases, no chat, no data collection features. A website you can hand to a child.
How fiction and history sit together
The Great Web of Stories is magical and fictional, and it is a bridge — every strand leads to something real: Anansesɛm, Ghanaian history, a cultural tradition, a place, a language, food, a festival, craftsmanship, a historical person or diaspora history.
The family may travel to, enter or observe historical settings, but they never cause real historical events. Ghana is a real country and is never fictionalised. Where our research is not yet complete, we publish concise high-level copy and mark it coming soon rather than inventing detail.