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 : ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — This week's Reading with Robert takes us to the continent of Africa. Author Ada Ari has written several children's books that introduce children to the most loved and shared ...

"Retold from Verna Aardema's book, The Sky God Stories, published by Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, 1960.... The previous source is Robert S. Rattray's book Akan-Ahanti Folktales, published by Oxford, ...

Sudha Ramaswami wrote about an African folk character known for being a trickster. The centuries-old character still resonates with children today. In “Fancy Anansi,” the spider plays tricks on the ...

TROY -- Third-graders from Troy's Public School No. 2 spent Thursday at The Arts Center of Capital Region to begin the African Folk Tales Project. The project will culminate in a song- and ...

Island residents young and old crowded into the St. John School of the Arts on Nov. 18 for some good old-fashioned storytelling, Virgin Islands style. St. John culture bearers, known locally as griots ...

Let me tell you a story… it's a bit of a long one, but please bare with me. But with the current controversy concerning Orlando Jones' firing after his amazing work playing Mr. Nancy (aka Anansi the ...