Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 2

So it's Saturday, which means wrapping up the week of books: this was the second week of African Diaspora folktale books at the Internet Archive! You can see the round-up from the first week here: Week 1 of African Diaspora Folktales.

I also got the African Diaspora Spreadsheet up and running! :-)

All this work depends on Controlled Digital Lending from the Internet Archive... a project that the big publishers are trying to shut down. If you haven't read about the lawsuit, here's a great piece that Chris Freeland wrote about it: Librarian's lament: Digital books are not fireproof. Chris's piece also got some coverage at TechDirt: Penguin Random House Demands Removal Of Maus From Digital Library Because The Book Is Popular Again.

And here are these week's books: enjoy!

Climbing Jacob's Ladder:

Heroes of the Bible

in African-American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan

Walk Together Children:

Black American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan

I'm Going to Sing:

Black American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan

All Night, All Day:

A Child's First Book

of African-American Spirituals

by Ashley Bryan

Candle-Lighting Time in Bodidalee

by Julian Bagley

Every Tongue Got to Confess:

Negro Folk-tales From the Gulf States

by Zora Neale Hurston

Affrilachian Tales:

Folktales From the African-American

Appalachian Tradition

by Lyn Ford

Beyond the Briar Patch:

Affrilachian Folktales, Food, and Folklore

by Lyn Ford

The Book of Negro Folklore

 by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps