Editing Anansi (section)

== The Anansy Festival ==
The Anancy Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Anancy Festival |url=https://www.anancyfestival.com/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> was created by Xavier Murphy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ahmara • • |first=Cherney |title=Jamaica Native Living in South Florida Promotes Home Country With Online Magazine |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/jamaica-native-living-in-south-florida-promotes-home-country-with-online-magazine/2780339/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=NBC 6 South Florida |date=9 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> the founder of Jamaicans.com, educator Cathy Kleinhans,<ref>{{Cite web |last=sflcn |date=2007-07-13 |title="Out Of Many One People" CelebrationTM returns to Jamaica, Queens |url=https://sflcn.com/out-of-many-one-people-celebrationtm-returns-to-jamaica-queens/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=South Florida Caribbean News |language=en-US}}</ref> and Dr. Andrea Shaw-Nevins,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrea Shaw Nevins {{!}} Farquhars Honors College |url=https://honors.nova.edu/faculty/Andrea_Shaw_Nevins.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=NSU |language=en}}</ref> the Dean of Farquhar Honors College at [[Nova Southeastern University]], to connect children of Caribbean descent with the traditions of their ancestors through stories, song, dance, arts and crafts, book and poetry readings, and other art forms. The first Anancy Festival was held in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on June 30, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Out Of Many One People & Anancy Celebration – Saturday, June 30th, 2007 – Pembroke Pines, Florida « The Anancy Festival |url=https://www.anancyfestival.com/out-of-many-one-people-anancy-celebration-saturday-june-30th-2007-pembroke-pines-florida/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> Children's author [[Kellie Magnus]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-05 |title=The lifelong lessons of Anancy |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110605/ent/ent3.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref> joined the founders in 2011 to coordinate the Anancy Festival in Kingston, Jamaica. Since 2007, the Anancy Festival has been staged in Pembroke Pines, Florida;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Anancy Festival Returns to South Florida at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum |url=https://sflcn.com/anancy-festival-returns-to-south-florida-at-island-space-caribbean-museum/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=South Florida Caribbean News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Out Of Many One People & Anancy Celebration – Saturday, June 30th, 2007 – Pembroke Pines, Florida « The Anancy Festival |url=https://www.anancyfestival.com/out-of-many-one-people-anancy-celebration-saturday-june-30th-2007-pembroke-pines-florida/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anancy Festival Co-Organized by NSU Professor Celebrates Caribbean Heritage in Pembroke Pines {{!}} NSU Newsroom |url=https://nsunews.nova.edu/anancy-festival-coorganized-nsu-professor-celebrates-caribbean-heritage-pembroke-pines/index.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=nsunews.nova.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Free Anancy Festival Celebrates Caribbean Culture |url=https://webapps6.broward.org/newsrelease/View.aspx?intMessageId=11169 |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=webapps6.broward.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |date=2007-06-08 |title=Out Of Many One People & Anancy Celebration For Caribbean-American Heritage Month - Saturday, June 30th, 2007 - Pembroke Pines, Florida |url=https://news.jamaicans.com/outofmanycelebration06302007/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Jamaicans.com News and Events |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=lisaparavisini |date=2012-06-08 |title=Anancy to be celebrated at annual festival |url=https://repeatingislands.com/2012/06/08/anancy-to-be-celebrated-at-annual-festival/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Repeating Islands |language=en}}</ref> Orlando, Florida;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-05 |title=The lifelong lessons of Anancy |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110605/ent/ent3.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}</ref> Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Plantation, Florida;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anancy Festival: Family Cultural Activity Day 2022 |url=https://islandspacefl.org/es/event/anancy-festival-family-cultural-day/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |language=es}}</ref> Jamaica, Queens, New York;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pryce |first=Vinette K. |date=2013-06-04 |title=Free Anancy Festival in Queens – Caribbean Life |url=https://www.caribbeanlife.com/free-anancy-festival-in-queens/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=www.caribbeanlife.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, DC;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-01 |title=Anansi Folklore Festival Heads To Washington DC For Caribbean Heritage Month |url=https://www.mnialive.com/articles/anansi-folklore-festival-heads-to-washington-dc-for-caribbean-heritage-month/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=MNI Alive |language=en}}</ref> Kingston, Jamaica; Nairobi, Kenya;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Eva |date=2012-06-08 |title=Free - Anancy! Anansi! Festival in DC, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Nairobi, and Kingston Tomorrow! (June 9th) |url=https://socamom.com/w/free-anancy-anansi-festival-in-dc-orlando-ft-lauderdale-nairobi-and-kingston-tomorrow-june-9th/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Socamom |language=en-US}}</ref> and Accra, Ghana.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Denise |date=2013-06-03 |title=Interview with Ruth Wade Kwakwa, Organizer, Anancy Festival Accra, Ghana |url=http://jamaicans.com/interviewevaanancyfestivalghana/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Jamaicans.com |language=en-US}}</ref>