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A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore - The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings and (Paperback)
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A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore - The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings and (Paperback)
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Afro-American Folklore, as seen in this collection, includes a wide
array of orally transmitted traditions of the numerous, sometimes
disparate, Negro cultures of the New World. Among these traditions
are tales of scoundrels, heroes, rollicking adventures, friendship,
and much more: songs, myths, myth-legends, epic-like narrations,
and recollections of historical happenings. There are descriptions
of cult life, around which many traditions and beliefs flow; of
music and dance, which have an integral connection with traditional
ways; and of the social scene in places where African and European,
or white and black ideas intermingled and became Afro-American. A
Treasury of Afro-American Folklore perceives the interconnections
of cultural inheritances throughout the Afro-American region and
the local divergences as well. Early sections of the book survey
the traditions and oral literature of Spanish, French, and
English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, and of areas of Central
and South America inhabited by people of African descent. There
follows an extensive section devoted to the tales, beliefs,
recollections, songs, religious epics, and a wide variety of oral
creations of blacks in the United States. The Appendixes include a
number of African stories and descriptions that point up the impact
of African traditions on the cultures of Afro-America. A Treasury
of Afro-American Folklore is a remarkable achievement, a major work
in a field that has long needed in-depth exploration. It belongs on
the shelf of every library, and in the homes of all who have an
interest in this exciting aspect of America's cultural history.
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