num_pages: 208
description: Authentic regional singings and sayings feature folklore from the Ndau tribe of Portuguese East Africa and Zulus of South Africa: labor chants, dances, laments, songs of war, meditation, and love, plus proverbs, legends, fables. Extensive editorial commentary, metrical and literal translations, notes on pronunciation.
language: English
title: Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent
titlecomplete: Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Dover Publications