Before Nigerian filmmaker Roye Okupe’s daughter was born, he decided that he wanted to create a character that would be a positive role model for her and people all over the world with first the ...

"Iyanu," a new TV show inspired by Nigerian folklore and myths, was animated by Lions Forge Entertainment, which was founded by St. Louisan David Stewart II. It shows on the Cartoon Network, and ...

In an ambitious effort to revive the rich tapestry of African folklore and breathe new life into traditional narratives, Linda Somiari-Stewart, a seasoned journalist turned author, has released two ...

Somiari-StewartVeteran journalist and Griot Linda Somiari-Stewart presents “Woyingi: God Is a Woman” and “The Legend of Tari-Ere: The Picky Virgin,” two compelling works that bring African ...

The Iyanu Animated Series takes place over five hundred years after the Age of Wonders - a time when the Divine Ones blessed ...

It is striking too how certain illusions continue to shape Western thinking about South Africa. Some of these myths are simple-minded but amusing, while others have more sinister effects. One of the ...

Africa also has a ton of rich folklore and mythology to pull from as well that would make things rich to explore creatively. There are plenty of aspects that weren’t touched in Egypt which AC ...

a bit creepy, and less photorealistic than many of the cute woodland creatures that flock around Snow White." With further criticism saying there are "better movies" within Disney, and hitting out ...

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

What is left to defend? GOP rhetoric now incorporates the tool kit of despots: mythology, dissembling, demonization, hysteria, and loyalty tests. All are familiar, and the result of the same ...

So many urban legends, wild folklore, and creepy ghost stories come out of Texas, it's hard to keep count! We've got a ton of spooky history to scroll through on the web that will send a shiver down ...

“By the way, I gotta ask, how come your robots look so much like the creepy robots from ‘I, Robot,’” Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a podcast episode that ...