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Episode 28 | Anansa and the Ekombi Dance artwork

Episode 28 | Anansa and the Ekombi Dance

By The Fire Podcast
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Anansa is the Efik goddess of the sea, particularly Cross River in Calabar, Nigeria. The Ekombi dance is a sequence that her followers perform in reverence. In this story, I tell of the young Ekpo who falls into the water and becomes a difficult, but willing student. Website: bythefirepodcast.com Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_pod Facebook: By The Fire Podcast Support: ko-fi.com/bythefire_pod Email: bythefire.mail@gmail.com

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