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 ...
Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin -- Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo -- The ritual of minstrelsy : some ...
Why monkeys live in trees.--Today me, tomorrow thee.--The hare and the widow.--Clowns with sad faces.--Why hawks feed on chickens.--Nyangondhu, the fisherman.--Law of the jungle.--When will animals ...