Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on ‘African Folktales, Reimagined’ across sub-Saharan Africa. Winners of the competition will be trained and mentored ...

African folklore is a key influence on pop culture, but its recognition is long overdue, writes Elizabeth Agyemang.

February is Black History Monday and 7News is highlighting author Ada Ari who recently visited Shephard Elementary School in NW D.C.

Culture Fest 2025, hosted by the Africatown Heritage House, will be taking place in Mobile at the end of the month, according to the History Museum of Mobile. The one-day ...

Mama Raffini spent part of her Saturday sharing the popular African folktale of Anansi the Spider. "'Before I give you my stories you must earn them.

Enslaved griots were the originators of the tales of Bre’r Rabbit, sharing adapted West African fables after long days working. "This is Black history," says one historian.

While the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid casts Black actors in a preexisting white narrative, Nanny illustrates that Black people have their own folklore; Black mermaids already exist.

These beautifully-illustrated children’s picture books retell some of the most loved and well-known African folktales she grew up with in Nigeria.

For centuries, African people have passed their histories down through oral storytelling. That’s how J.P. Hales-Bâ learned his stories — his dad read him West African folktales at bedtime ...

Storytelling and folktales are Africa’s true superpowers. Today we live in a golden age of storytelling where there is an openness to the nuances of our history, our cultural experiences, our ...

Local youth brought traditional African folklore alive at the Lincoln Resource Center in Davenport.