From: P D Bellegarde-Smith <pbs@csd.uwm.edu> It is interesting, of course, for those of us who study African derived cultures, to see how they continue or get transformed over the centuries in the various countries of the Americas, including the United States. Much survived. Incidentally, what may be said of Anansi (Akan-Ashanti) and the Lwa "gede Zarennyen?"