Black folklore, whether African or African American folklore, dates back to the 1700s. Storytelling was a huge part of our cultural foundation all the way back before the Transatlantic Slave trade.

West African mythology is an integral facet of Nikyatu Jusu’s filmmaking. Whether in her directorial stint on an episode of The CW’s Two Sentence Horror Stories or the melanated day-walking vampires ...

You cannot separate Caribbean literature from West African literature really because a lot of the stories, especially the folklore, come directly from West Africa." Algonquin Young Readers ...

Now, among Bantu mythology throughout Southern Africa, the Amazimu (alternatively referred to as Madimo, Madimu, Zimwi, or Izimu) are supernatural, pale-complexioned creatures once exiled from heaven.

African folklore dictates that unlike other werecreatures this monster is an animal that disguises itself ... it transforms into a terrifying creature. The werehyena. Associated with death ...

Seven folklore creatures sure to leave you sleeping with one eye open. (Representational Image) Travel the globe, and you're bound to encounter tales of creepy folklore creatures that go bump in ...

For the San people of South Africa, the spark that inspired some of their rock paintings may have come from fossils of creatures that went extinct more than 200 million years ago. A study in PLOS ONE ...

The play adapted African folktales. Katelyn Metzger Shellie Moore-Guy leads "Folk Tales Unleashed," at TMBC at the Lincoln Center on Tuesday, August 20, in Davenport.