There's something in the water in the new film Nanny. Over two unsettling hours, director Nikyatu Jusu submerges the audience in suffocating night terrors, blending glowing reflections of Black love ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Elegba Folklore Society hosted Richmond’s latest Juneteenth celebration at the African Burial Ground on East Broad Street over the weekend. (Photo: Tyler Hall, 8News) Juneteenth ...

While many of us are familiar with the alleged wish-granting powers of a dried turkey wishbone, far fewer know of the winter-forecasting ability ascribed to the furcula – that’s the technical term for ...

Mythology surrounding wine goes back to ancient times when Greeks and Romans told stories about their gods of wine: Dionysus and Bacchus. Today, we still tell stories about wine—some grounded in ...

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. “Live At The Linda” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week, we take a look back ...

Thistlefoot is the debut novel by folklorist GennaRose Nethercott. For centuries, the crone Baba Yaga has been a figure in Slavic folklore — the kind of character who might lend you a magical candle ...

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms. We ...

Gaining a foothold in today’s fashion market is difficult for any designer. It’s even more difficult for designers in Africa as there haven’t been any established paths to build significant exposure ...