Topic

Film

Films depicting African belief systems and mythology with critical analysis of narrative voice, cultural representation, and spiritual authenticity.

Folklore 5 min

Magical Realism, Abiku, and Ogbanje: African Folklore in Contemporary Storytelling

In most bookshops, Ben Okri's The Famished Road sits a shelf or two from One Hundred Years of Solitude, filed under the same two words: magical realism.

By Amina