African mythology is rife with several folktales, mystical beings, legendary creatures, and deities. Some have found their way into modern storytelling, while others remain revered tales recounted ...

Harmonia Rosales: Entwined intermingles ancient Greek and West African mythologies with a focus on Black femininity. Though I did not attend the show in person, ...

Rosales’s exhibition, titled Entwined, calls attention to how African myths may resonate with ancient Greek ones. Her work blends Afro-Cuban orishas with motifs from Renaissance paintings of ancient ...

Understanding Africa: Shattering myths about the culture of the second-largest continent. Aukram Burton. Opinion contributor. Let us pay homage to Mother Africa, the birthplace of humanity, ...

The film is, among other things, a celebration of African womanhood — and sisterhood — a fact that owes in part to the director’s two late sisters, to whom “Mami Wata” is dedicated.

In neighbouring Kenya, publisher Avandu Vosi (meaning “all the people” in Luhya), which was founded in 2018, opted to turn African mythologies into comic books and has already sold more than ...

These myths are relatively lesser-known, with little to no interpretations in contemporary pop culture. Interesting African myths you probably didn't know about.