Editing Fable (section)

===Africa===
[[Oral tradition|African oral culture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/atim-oton/arits-fables-kids-series_b_1001656.html |author=Atim Oton |title=Reaching African Children Through Fables and Animation |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=May 8, 2012}}</ref> has a rich story-telling tradition. As they have for thousands of years, people of all ages in Africa continue to interact with nature, including plants, animals and earthly structures such as rivers, plains, and mountains. Children and, to some extent, adults are mesmerized by good story-tellers when they become animated in their quest to tell a good fable.

The [[Anansi]] oral story originates from the tribes of [[Ghana]]. "All Stories Are Anansi's" was translated by Harold Courlander and Albert Kofi Prempeh and tells the story of a god-like creature Anansi who wishes to own all stories in the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=The Norton Anthology World Literature |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-393-60285-2 |edition=4th |location=500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY |pages=902–905}}</ref> The character Anansi is often depicted as a spider and is known for its cunning nature to obtain what it wants, typically seen outwitting other animal characters.<ref name=":0" />