Deondra Kamau Means leads a group of kids through a song. They're practicing for a production of "The Eagles Who Thought They Were Chickens," an old African folktale. “Places, places from the top!” ...

Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things.

For centuries, African people have passed their histories down through oral storytelling. That’s how J.P. Hales-Bâ learned his stories — his dad read him West African folktales at bedtime. “Even when ...

The enchanting song of the magical bird (Tanzania) -- The cat who came indoors (Zimbabwe) -- The great thirst (San, Southern Africa) -- King Lion's gifts (Khoi, Southern Africa) -- The message ...

Long ago a boy named Kofi was hunting in the jungle when the ground beneath his feet began to shudder, and he heard a haunting sound from far away. Kofi stopped in his tracks. The sound caused his ...

Families gathered for an interactive performance of "Anansi — The Trickster Spider: A West African Folktale’ by the Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children's Theater group from Cornwall, Conn., at ...

The Loft at Hermit Woods Winery & Sweet Mercy’s Kitchen will host the Wilson/Kobrenski Quartet featuring Mike Sakash & Tim Gilmore on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m.

Once upon a time, in the days before the people began to make war on the animals, the animals gathered together to talk about how they could live together in peace. "We must learn how to avoid ...

GARY | Young dancers will perform "The Spirit of the Baobab Tree" at 7 p.m. Friday at West Side High School's auditorium, Ninth and Gerry streets. Students at DancExcel will tell the original folktale ...

BRATTLEBORO -- This Friday at 6 p.m., at the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery, 139 Main St., there will be a Senegalese evening hosted by Dede Cummings, Kim Timlege of The Massage Studio and Catherine ...