Our Africa's New Wave package celebrates the rich culture and impact of the globe's demographically youngest continent. Through a series of visual stories, we're unpacking the gravity of Africa's ...

When guest curator Tameka Ellington chose the artworks for the Akron Art Museum exhibition "RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore," she chose only those that had a story she could relate to.

In an ambitious effort to revive the rich tapestry of African folklore and breathe new life into traditional narratives, Linda Somiari-Stewart, a seasoned journalist turned author, has released two ...

Tameka Ellington is the guest curator of "RETOLD: African American Art and Folklore" at the Akron Art Museum. The exhibit features 74 works by 45 African American artists from across the country. When ...

If you’re Black, you’ve been told by someone in your family about some haint, a reappearing phantom or a folktale that left you with chills. In honor of spooky season coming, it’s only right for us to ...

In a video posted July 9, Matthew Torres, known as The Story Time Guy on Instagram, accused popular European children’s book author Andrew Lang of appropriating elements of African culture and ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, September 19, 2023/ EINPresswire.com / -- Etan Comics, a Black-owned independent comic book publisher with an extensive track record of publishing ...

In African folklore, humans are always the hunters, perched at the top of the food chain and feared by all common characters in folktales. Their ability to start a fire, an entity that consumed all ...

Part II contains papers originally presented at a conference on African folklore, held July 16-18, 1970, Folklore Institute, Indiana University. https://siris ...

Author Tony Fredericks and illustrator, Bongamon, present readers theatre scripts based on traditional African folklore. Includes background information for teachers on each African country, as well ...

Have you ever been to Africa? If your answer was “could you be more specific?” good for you. What comes to mind for many people upon picturing Africa is a vast land where safari animals roam freely ...