As Africa Month draws to a close, the William Humphreys Art Gallery (WHAG) in Kimberley is hosting a powerful double-bill ...

I left the march, carried my sign on the A-train, then Brooklyn. A neighbor saw me. He is a tall brotha, rocks a fluorescent ...

Stories are always being put through the wash, and end up with a sock in there which was never there before.” It’s an old sentiment, the idea that mythological tradition is fluid by its very nature, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Folktales. A July 25 theatrical release is planned.

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Folktales. A July 25 theatrical release is planned. The acquisition ...

Key ideas and elements of the story are taken from North African folklore. The show is based on a series of graphic novels by Roye Okupe, who based Yorubaland on his native Nigeria. “He is a ...

That’s how J.P. Hales-Bâ learned his stories — his dad read him West African folktales at bedtime. “Even when learning about some of the more tragic things in my lineage, it gave me a sense ...

Folktales is the fifth project from the directing ... and the aurora borealis lends the images the occasional lovely backdrop.) Pasvik’s picturesque surroundings add colour to a documentary ...

They can enjoy interactive dance, art exhibitions laced with African folklore, and cooking workshops offering a glimpse into Africa’s culinary secrets. African arts in Sharjah One of the festival's ...

The legend traces back to a creature from West African folklore known to be a shapeshifting ... and often appears as a shadowy figure in photos of the plantation. One of the most known tricksters ...

In Pan-African folktales, tricksters have always been an important archetype, Filani explains. They reflect hope and resourcefulness in harsh conditions. Olayiwola has played into that.