The animal fables of Joel Chandler Harris are retold as Brer Rabbit outsmarts his old enemy Brer Fox over and over again while remaining one step ahead of the wily Brer Wolf

Presents a retelling of the classic African-American tales about Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies, animals who are constantly on the prowl to fool each other. Reprint.

A retelling of the classic African American tales about Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies, animals who are constantly on the prowl to fool each other. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A collection of sixteen tales about High John the Conqueror, the traditional trickster hero of blacks during and immediately after the time of slavery.

Product Description: Cure a nosebleed by holding a silver quarter on the back of the neck. Treat an earache with sweet oil drops. Wear plant roots to keep from catching colds. Within many African American families, these kinds of practices continue today, woven into the fabric of black culture, often communicated through women...read more

Product Description: How Nambi Gained Her Beloved - Obatala Creates the World - Heart Finds a Home - Death and the River King - Why Folks Must Die - The Poor-Minded Servant - How People Came to Be Different - Tortoise Cracks His Shell - Brother Spider Gets Stuck - Hare Causes Big Trouble - How Lightning Came to Be - Why the Bat Sleeps Upside Down - and mor...read more

Product Description: African American culture has a rich tradition of folktales. Written for students and general readers, this volume gathers a sampling of the most important African American folktales. Included are nearly 50 tales grouped in thematic chapters on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural...read more

A collection of thirty four folktales from the African-American oral tradition (view table of contents)

A collection of thirty four folktales from the African-American oral tradition

An intriguing compendium of 107 folklore and legends from the antebellum South, the islands of the Caribbean, and urban America celebrate the rich and vital traditions of African-American culture. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: "These essays... are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts."―Choice"... this is Bascom at his best.... an attractive and full-bodied book." ―FabulaThese essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore―his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales...read more

Product Description: "These essays... are of immense importance to anyone interested in the issues of origins and folklore texts." —Choice"... this is Bascom at his best.... an attractive and full-bodied book." —FabulaThese essays, devoted to traditional narratives found in Africa and in the New World, represent the last major research project of William Bascom (1912-1981), eminent authority on African art and folklore—his intention was to demonstrate the African roots of African American folktales...read more

Product Description: Examines African American folklore in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the broad sweep of America's story.

Eighteen Afro-American folktales from South Carolina, including several tales about Br'er Rabbit.

Encompasses more than 100 folktales, including just-so stories, moral fables, and comedic anecdotes, from the slave culture of the antebellum South, the streets of urban America, and villages of the Caribbean islands

Brer Fox makes a tar baby in order to catch Brer Rabbit.

An anthology linking the Negro of the 60's with the folklore tradition reflected in his songs, writings, superstitions, and experiences

A hypnotic African-American conjure tale tells how the beautiful Belle Dorcas finds a conjure woman to make a spell that will keep her husband from being sold and sent away. Reprint. AB. H.

Relates stories about African American life from pre-slavery times to life in the United States today

Named for his shoe size, Big Sixteen, a slave, gets into trouble when his owner asks him to bring back the devil

When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, Levine uncovered a cultural treasure trove, illuminating a rich and complex African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts--work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is in large part due this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. A landmark work that was part of the "cultural turn" in American history, Black Culture and Black Consciousness profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians and continues to be read and taught. For this anniversary reissue, Levine wrote a new preface reflecting on the writing of the book and its place within intellectual trends in African American and American cultural history.

Product Description: A series of short plays for young children that can be used as a teaching tool.

Product Description: Folk medicine is an important informal and traditional system of social health care support that is still wisely used in many nations including rural regions of the southern United States. This volume provides new insight into the various conditions and structures that help to account for the development and persistence of folk medicine in societies...read more