Foreword : The politics of "Negro folklore" / by Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Introduction : Recovering a cultural tradition / by Maria Tatar -- AFRICAN TALES. Making sense of the world with Anansi : ...
Once Oh Beah, the eldest of the slaves, dons her stern griot stare and raises her healing herbs in offering to the four points, it's our surest sign that the African American folktales we're about to ...
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 ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro-based artist has taken a 10-week residency at Creative Greensboro’s GROW Studio. The studio is inside the Greensboro Cultural Center. It’s filled with tapestries ...
"Sources, annotations, and index of tales": p. 307-320. Contents Never seen his equal -- The man makes and the woman takes -- Bringing men and women together -- The fight over life -- The wind and the ...
Many cultures share a common bond of having folklore, traditional beliefs, customs, stories, dances, and practices passed down from generation to generation. Storytelling in this way is central in Afr ...