A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore
Subtitle: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings and Humor of Peoples of African American Descent in the Americas
Publisher: Marlowe & Company
Published: December 10, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9781569245019
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Sociology; Folklore & Mythology; Social Science; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Fiction / Folklore; Folklore; African Americans
First sentence: "Among the Africans transported as slaves to the New World, beginning early in the sixteenth century, were people from the Sudanic regions, the Guinea Coast, the Zaire (Congo) River watershed and even from the eastern side of the African continent."