Everybody Is a Star African folk tales aren't the only ones with an amusing trickster.

In the interview, Baldelli emphasizes playing diverse selections of classical, African and Brazilian folk, and synth-pop at improper speeds, mixed with effects and drum machines:

They chide the opera for making African folk deities the major characters at the expense of explaining the slave revolt itself.

How these African folk responded, was outside my experience, and unsettled me for several days.

Their edgy, stream-of-consciousness folk-pop contains inflections from other idioms, from jazz to South African folk to prerock torch songs.

South African rugby folk were appalled when Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was caught and banned for using steroids.

His music is generally described as "African folk" and he is often dubbed as "The Voice" of South Africa.

(Ages 4 to 8) An African folk tale - how the crab's pride has left it forever scuttling in headless shame - has been given dramatic black-and-white illustrations.

Among the stories will be the West African folk tale "Why Do Mosquitoes Buzz?"

The film gathers a number of African American folk and blues musicians in a room, where they share stories and songs about the black experience in America.