The co-curators and performers of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s annual celebration of hip-hop and poetry talk about this year’s theme of “The New Storyteller.” The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) ...

Wichita doled out about $406,000 to help support arts in the community on Tuesday, but an African-American storytelling group was absent from the list of recipients. The City Council approved grants ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- Their parents and grandparents were venerated storytellers, wandering poets known as griots who sang praises to kings, crooned family histories at weddings and delivered ...

What is a griot and why are they important? Black History Month is a great example of how storytelling can be used to pass down history and traditions. Reggie Jackson, Co-founder of Nurturing ...

Jocelyn Green (Left) and Shania Alford (Right) listened during the annual Kwanzaa Celebration at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum on Dec. 28 in Catonsville, Maryland. The program in it ...

Don’t be surprised if someone enthusiastically greets you by saying “Jambo!” It merely means hello in Swahili. Patricia Mack-Preston, 35, teaches this and other lessons as she travels and tells ...