Many folktales originated from cultural or spiritual ... His story originates from old African American folklore where he’s ...

Folktales like the one about the King Buzzard ... Allison, in "The Origins of African-American Culture," Journal of Interdisciplinary History 30/3 (1999): 475-481.

It is perhaps fitting then, that my exploration of traditional East African folktales began here, leading me on an unexpected journey into storytelling and adapting contemporary novels.