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Originally Posted by Heretic
The answer is simple; you have an extremely narrow, Eurocentric view of the myth of vampires. I imagine that, like most Americans, your first exposure to this myth was with a Bram Stoker- or Bela Lugosi-derived vampire and since that time, this has been the only view you have held regarding how this kind of mythological creature is represented.
Never mind that the idea of vampires has appeared in numerous cultures around the world for thousands of years. Never mind that there are modern representations of vampires that put your examples to shame. White Wolf Games, for example, incorporated African American vampires into their vampire mythology quite well, if you care to have a look.
Continue your willful ignorance if you must, but please, don't bore the rest of us with it. Just because you choose not to see, doesn't mean that Black vampires in popular culture that are worthy of respect do not exist.
- Heretic
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Why African-American? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to just be African, especially if we are talking about myths? Perhaps the book was set in American and had slave myths, I don't know the work you refer to, but it seems strange to have African-American vampires outside of just vampires that can be of any race.
Also, Akasha and Enkil are Egyptian as I recall. So then, the two first vampires are from Africa anyway, at least if we are to take Rice's mythology.