"Anansi, Nyame, and the World Wide Web"

A build inspired by the Anansi stories of the Akan people of West Africa. Anansi is typically depicted as a spider being with the head of a man. This interpretation is a robotic spider, with the face of a tribal mask. One of the main Anansi stories is about how Anansi obtained the stories of the Sky-God Nyame, whom I have depicted here as being an all-seeing satellite in the skies above. I also thought it would be appropriate for Anansi to share all of those stories across the world-wide-web. The "web portal" behind him I shaped similarly to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana. The patterns on the panels flanking each side of the portal mimic the adinkra symbol NEA ONNIM NO SUA A, OHU ("He who does not know can know from learning").