Imagine sitting under a giant baobab tree as the sun dips below the horizon, with the gentle cadence of an elder’s voice ...

With a deep connection to African textile practices ... Huggin’ Molly is a folktale used to scare children. Like many folktales, this one has changed based on which parent is telling the ...

In Nigeria, where modern life dances with age-old traditions and every name tells a story, Stoecker’s journey feels ...

Popular fairy tales have one defining factor. The stepmothers are almost always evil. Admittedly, the Brothers Grimm, who ...

The author of Curandera, which has been longlisted for the 2025 Ondaatje Prize, on Nigerian folklore, writing about women of ...

Meek, who was a public school drama teacher in Texas for several decades, has been directing plays and leading children’s ...

At different stages of growing up, children ought to be talked to about reproductive health. Here are some tips ...

Are you looking for something to do with your loved ones this weekend? Here are some of the events that you can enjoy.

These incredible stories about characters in Africa, folktales, fables ... up to that I felt left out of or just writing about other children and quirky little observations.

Beyond the written word, Falola has been a formidable voice in shaping African studies, delivering keynote lectures across the globe.

“I’ve always felt like our stories — our African folktales — deserved a global stage,” she ... So now she’s on a mission to share the stories with the kids born of Sudanese heritage who will never get ...