Category Archives: African

Ogoun? Oh, Go On!

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

I recently finished reading Robert Rankin’s The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (I’ll have a review up later), which uses some of the major gods from voodoo in a plot involving personalities downloaded onto the Internet and private detective Lazlo … Continue reading →

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It’s a Regurgitated World

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

I recently purchased The Book of the Gods, which is basically the book form of selected entries from the Godchecker website. In this week’s mythology post, I’m going to take a look at one of the gods mentioned on the … Continue reading →

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Just Another Anansi Story

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman – In this book, Charles Nancy, usually called “Fat Charlie” despite the fact he isn’t fat, attends his father’s funeral only to find that his dad was the trickster god Anansi, and he has a … Continue reading →

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