A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

Unwilling to share his feast, Ananse the spider tricks Akye the turtle so that he can eat all the food himself, but Akye finds a way to get even.

Osebo the leopard has a magnificent drum that he won't share with anyone else. So Nayme, the Sky-God, offers a reward to the animal who will bring him the drum.

Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

In this trickster tale from West Africa, Anansi the spider sets out to retrieve all the stories of the world from Nyami, the sky god.