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.

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 ...

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 ...

And for African Americans, folklore has played a particularly important part in documenting history too. The year 1619 marked the beginning of African American history, with the arrival of the ...

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 ...