The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories

Politics & Social Sciences

Harold Courlander

George Herzog

Social Sciences

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

The Fire on the Mountain and Other Ethiopian Stories

Wolf Lesau

Represents the ancient customs, arts, ideas, and culture of the African peoples.

The King's Drum and Other African Stories

Teen & Young Adult

Harcourt

Among the first and finest studies of African-American folk music, this book focuses primarily on the origins and musical qualities of typical genres ranging from simple cries and calls to anthems and spirituals, ballads and the blues. Authentic versions of 43 songs are presented, along with a valuable bibliography and discography.

Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.

Arts & Photography

Music

Dover Pubns

The Cow Tail Switch and Other West African Stories

Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division

Believed to be the reincarnation of a hated leader, a young boy is cast out from his village and wanders performing many heroic deeds until the fulfillment of a prophecy helps him find his true identity.

Son of the Leopard

Crown, Publishers

A comprehensive anthology of myths, legends, epics, tales, poems, and other unwritten literary forms of the peoples of the Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Central Africa, the eastern grasslands, southern Africa, and the northeastern Horn

A Treasury of African Folklore

Crown

...heroic narratives taken from the oral tradition of the Bambara...

Heart of the Ngoni: Heroes of the African Kingdom of Segu

Ousmane Sako

Random House Value Publishing

Numukeba, a blacksmith from the Niger River kingdom of Joliba, readies himself to become a warrior-hero and struggles to uncover the meaning of fate, honor, and nobility in this mythical tale of African magic

Master of the Forge (A West African Odyssey)

The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People

University of California Press

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