Episodes

  • 1805 Black Caesar
    Apr 5 2023

    The story of the infamous pirate known as Black Caesar.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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    Sources

    • https://www.britannica.com/story/black-pirates-and-the-tale-of-black-caesar
    • https://www.pirateshipvallarta.com/blog/pirate-stories/pirates-peak-golden-age-of-piracy
    •  https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Henri_Caesar
    • https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-10-06-9102090910-story.html
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    20 mins
  • 1789 Haitian Revolution
    Mar 24 2023

    Dutty Boukman and Cecile Fatiman lead the Boise Caiman ceremony to trigger the start of the Haitian revolution.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

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    Sources

    • http://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0111
    • https://lasentinel.net/tribute-to-independence-part-four.html
    • https://www.boukmanacademy.com/intro-to-the-haitian-revolution/dutty-boukman
    • https://www.richlandone.org/cms/lib/SC02209149/Centricity/Domain/2593/Connections%20Between%20the%20American%20and%20Hatian%20Revolutions.pdf
    • https://wp.stu.ca/worldhistory/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/08/Boukmans-Prayer-Bois-Caiman.pdf
    • https://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=François_Makandal
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/12/06/in-1825-haiti-gained-independence-from-france-for-21-billion-its-time-for-france-to-pay-it-back/?sh=135e02b0312b 
    • https://youtu.be/Sn32cWUT83E
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    33 mins
  • 1765 Cato Howe
    Aug 1 2022

    The story of Cato Howe, a black man and a spy in the American Revolutionary War.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

    Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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    Sources

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_(spy)
    •  http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/parting.html
    • https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/cato-howe-1824/
    • https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/hercules-mulligan?ms=googlegrant&ms=googlegrant&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6-LBhBZEiwAOUUDp3Uto1zU1P-R6nOGsdUgHYtWt7QaRTv3jDlCJ-7cdmv3RQbN4Eh7MRoCdHQQAvD_BwE
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    33 mins
  • 1700s Nanny
    Jul 5 2022

    The story of Nanny of the Maroons. The mysterious and powerful runaway African queen who would form a maroon community in the hills of Jamaica. Nanny is also a Jamaican National Hero.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

    Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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    Sound Credits
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    Sources

    • https://cyber.harvard.edu/eon/marroon/history.html
    • https://jis.gov.jm/information/jamaican-history/
    • http://www.jnht.com/disndat_people.php
    • https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/queen-nanny-maroons-1733/
    • https://jamaicans.com/queennanny/
    • https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/nanny-maroons
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    33 mins
  • 1579 Yasuke
    May 2 2022

    The story of the first foreigner and the only black man in Japan to ever achieve the title of Samurai.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

    Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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    References

    https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/

     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/02/the-real-yasuke-is-far-more-interesting-than-his-netflix-show/

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oda-Nobunaga

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/19/asia/black-samurai-yasuke-africa-japan-intl/index.html

    https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/yasuke-1555/

    https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-bushido-195302

     https://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/enteredo_8.html

    https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/discovering-japan/discovering-japan/samurai-armour/

     

     

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    22 mins
  • 1500s Capoeira
    Apr 4 2022

    The origins of the Black Brazilian martial art, Capoeira

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

    Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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    Sound Credits
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    Sources

     https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/slavery-brazil

    https://library.brown.edu/create/fivecenturiesofchange/chapters/chapter-2/african-slavery/

    https://honestmediablog.com/2018/01/01/african-combat/

     http://atacxgymcapoeira.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-true-history-of-kipuracapoeira-pt-2.html

     https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/disguised-in-dance-the-secret-history-of-capoeira/

    https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/national-traditions/brazilian-tradition3.htm

    https://www.historyoffighting.com/the-roots-of-the-capoeira-fighter.php

     


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    18 mins
  • 1528 Estevanico the Moor
    Mar 7 2022

    A black man explores North America in the 1500s and becomes a medicine man. His life gives birth to a strange legend surrounding supernatural figures from the culture of some Native American tribe.

    The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.

    Episodes will be released on the first Monday of every month.

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    Sound Credits
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    Sources

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony  accessed on June 27, 2021. 

    https://www.aaihs.org/the-fallacy-of-1619-rethinking-the-history-of-africans-in-early-america/

    https://www.southwestcrossroads.org/record.php?num=34

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakwaina

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seven-cities-of-cibola

    https://www.psi.edu/about/staff/hartmann/coronado/journeyofmarcosdeniza.html

     

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    24 mins
  • 1841- Madison and Susan Washington (Bonus episode)
    Feb 14 2022

    In 1841 Madison Washington escaped from the bloody plantations of Virginia into the relative freedom of Canada. A few months later, he returned to Virginia in attempt to free his wife Susan. The resulting story is one love, passion, and the power of the human spirit.

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    Sound Credits
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    Sources

    • https://briankrice.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/one-of-the-greatest-slave-love-stories-ever/
    •  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
    • https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
    • https://www.britannica.com/topic/slave-rebellions#ref1218383
    • https://face2faceafrica.com/article/madison-washington-the-real-life-django-who-escaped-slavery-twice-during-the-1800s
    • Lee, R. E. (1998). Madison Washington, slave mutineer. BLACFAX, 8(36), 8.



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    33 mins