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 ...

For its first Kwanzaa celebration, the International African American Museum is retelling traditional West African folk tales to explore the seven values of Kwanzaa. "Oftentimes within African folk ...

Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel ...

For John and Pam Finley, African art, specifically from West Africa, captured their imagination because of the objects’ cultural significance and aesthetic beauty. For example, many were created to ...

Q:Must traditional folk practices in Africa be abandoned for the scientific culture to flourish? ODHIAMBO: I don’t think so. In fact, if you analyze folklore, particularly storytelling, there’s a ...

Nov. 15—Muziwandile Sibongiseni Gigaba, who goes by Muzi Gigaba, doesn't remember telephone wire art being considered as art when he was growing up in Kwa Zulu Natal. Nor was it prominent. Unlike ...

Egypt's city of Ismailia hosts the 25th edition of the Ismaïlia International Festival for Folk Arts, with performances across multiple venues throughout the governorate. The festival runs from 24 to ...

Prepare for an unforgettable night as Wiyaala, Ghana’s internationally acclaimed Afro-pop warrior, takes the stage at the Sound Lounge Sutton. Known as “The Lioness of Africa”, Wiyaala delivers a ...

Flemons gained popularity over the past two decades as a founding member of Black banjo and string band revivalists The Carolina Chocolate Drops, known for their 2010 Grammy-award-winning album ...