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The Anancy Festival Returns to South Florida at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum on June 25, 2022
Families across South Florida are invited to enjoy a day filled with Caribbean cultural activities as the annual Anancy Festival returns. On Saturday, June 25, 2022, in celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Island SPACE Caribbean Museum at the Broward Mall, in association with the Caribbean Edge Kids and Jamaicans.com, will host festivities from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Then, as part of Broward Mall’s Colors of Caribe community festival, Island SPACE will join the fun inside the mall, where a variety of other vibrant, Caribbean-themed activities will take place until 5:00pm.
At the start of the day’s events, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, children can participate in a talent show with singing, dancing and poetry, enjoy traditional West Indian ring games, interact with cultural characters, and play beloved island games like jacks and marbles. From 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, families are invited to explore the museum’s pop-up station inside the mall, featuring additional kid-friendly activities. Adults are welcome to try their hand at traditional Caribbean pastimes like ludo, dominoes and cards on the museum’s patio throughout the day.
Anancy (also spelled Anansi or Ananse), the spider man, a character from West African folklore, is a trickster known for outsmarting formidable opponents. Popular across the Caribbean and African diasporas, stories of his escapades typically teach valuable life lessons. The Anancy Festival was created by Xavier Murphy, founder of Jamaicans.com, educator Cathy Klein and Dr. Andrea Shaw, Dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Farquhar Honors College. Since 2008, the festival has connected children of Caribbean descent with the traditions of their ancestors through story, song, dance, art, crafts, poetry, book readings and other art forms.
Caribbean Edge Kids is a Facebook Live series dedicated to cultivating cultural intelligence in children. Its hosts will lead the children’s activities throughout the day.
Learn more about this year’s Anancy Festival at islandspacefl.org/anancy2022.
Broward Mall is celebrating the Caribbean diaspora on Saturday, June 25 with Colors of Caribe, a day full of culture, fun and music, where the whole community can celebrate the spirit of the Caribbean. Colors of Caribe will take place from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, and feature Caribbean-centric entertainment and activities at Island SPACE Caribbean Museum and throughout the mall.
Support for Island SPACE has been provided by Broward Mall, Florida Power & Light Company, Grace Foods, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts and the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Mary N. Porter Community Impact Fund, Jack Belt Memorial Fund, Ginny and Tom Miller Fund, Stearns Weaver Miller Fund for the Arts, Harold D. Franks Fund.
Anancy Festival Comes To Osceola County, Central Florida, For The First Time on June 6th, 2015
Coming to Osceola County for the very first time, it’s the annual Anancy Festival! To kick start Caribbean Heritage Month, this year’s festival will be held on June 6, 2015 from 12-5 PM at the Lil’ Explorers Pre-School property in St. Cloud, Florida. The address is 1202 Wisconsin Ave, St. Cloud, FL 34769.
Over the past several years, the Anancy Festival has been held in multiple cities across the United States, including cities in Florida, and various countries across the world. The Festival, named for (Anansi, Ananse, Anacy) the West African trickster of folklore, is a celebration of Caribbean culture that’s geared toward families and children of all ages. The Anancy Festival was founded by Xavier Murphy, also founder of the popular Jamaicans.com and his co-organizer, Dr. Andrea Shaw, Humanities Professor at Nova Southeastern University who is also a writer and scholar of African Diaspora studies. The idea behind the festival is to recapture the childhood allure of Anan-cy stories in the same lively intriguing, oral storytelling atmosphere that continues to appeal to participants of all ages.
Along with a strong emphasis on literacy, the festival provides participants of various cultural backgrounds a unique opportunity to experience Caribbean cultural heritage by emersion in a rich collection of Anancy stories, cultural cuisine, music and dance, plus a variety of other family centered activities.
In addition to bridging cultures and promoting literacy, the festival seeks to benefit the local community by accepting donations in support of the Early Learning Coalition, Grace Outreach Ministries and the St Cloud food pantry.
For more information contact
Marsha Wilson, Anancy Festival Coordinator, Osceola County
Tel. 407 970-3909
Email: anancyfestivalosceola@yahoo.com
The Anancy Festival 2014 – Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, Washington DC, Atlanta, New York, Boston – June 2014
The Anancy Festival 2014 – Six cities. Six events: Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, Washington DC, Atlanta, New York and Boston – June 2014
The Anancy Festival is a celebration of Caribbean cultural heritage and designed with particular appeal to children and teenagers curious about the Caribbean. Anancy (or Anansi) is the West African trickster hero of numerous folk tales that are popular across the Caribbean, indeed popular throughout the African Diaspora. This clever and conniving character is familiar to millions of people around the world and an appropriate icon for the festival’s blend of Caribbean culture on a platform geared for children and adolescents.
JUNE 2014 Anancy festival locations
Date: June 14th, 2014
Time: 10am-Noon
Location: Langston Hughes Branch, Queens Public Library.
Address: 10001 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY
Admission: Free
Contact: Cathy Kleinhans (jamroppo@gmail.com)
Anancy Festival Washington DC
Title: Anancy! Anansi!
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), 901 G St, NW, Washington, DC
Room: MLK Room A-5
Date: June 14th, 2014
Time: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Theatrical presentation, storytelling, and art competition
Anancy Festival Atlanta
Date: Saturday June 14
Time: 1-2:30 pm
Location: Central Library, Lower Level Auditorium and Alcove
Address: 1 Margaret Mitchell Square at the corner of Forsyth Street and Carnegie Way, Atlanta, GA 30303-2513 (Downtown Atlanta). For GPS and Mapquest purposes, use 126 Carnegie Way, Atlanta 30303.
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Description: Enjoy an afternoon of storytelling, arts and crafts, and a film screening with local and regional performers. The years festival will feature a Caribbean Spelling Bee. Each young attendee will receive a special gift from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation. Light refreshments will also be served.
Contact: For additional information contact Sharon Robinson at 404-730-4001x 210 (sharone.robinson@fultoncountyGA.gov) or Monica Foderingham at 404-730-1808 (Monica.foderingham@fultoncountyGA.gov)
Anancy Festival Orlando
Date: June 14TH, 2014
Time: 1 pm
Maitland Public Library 501 S. Maitland Avenue,Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 647-7700
Admission: Free
Contact: Sandy Issacs (sandylisaacs@yahoo.com)
Anancy Festival Pembroke Pines
June 28th, 2014
Time: Noon – 4:00 pm
South Regional/Broward College Library
7300 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
Admission: Free
Contact: Andrea Shaw (andreaeshaw@yahoo.com) or Xavier Murphy (info@anancyfestival.com)
Anancy Festival Boston
Date: June 28, 2014
Time: 11am – 1:00pm
Location: Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library
1350 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA
Contact: events@rashellebrown.com for more details about the event!