By jonetta rose barras “Woe to him who would put his trust in Anansi,” warns an African proverb. A figure found in African diasporic folklore, Anansi is considered crafty and cunning, surviving by his wits and bamboozling other animals for his own profit.
Ward 8 D.C. Councilman Marion Barry is Anansi.
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