African Diaspora at Internet Archive: Creole Tales from Haiti

After writing about the Creole stories collected by Fortier yesterday, I wanted to share Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain's Creole stories from Haiti which were published in the Journal of American Folklore in 1937 and 1938: Creole Tales from Haiti: Part 1 and Part 2.

Here are the stories you will find in Part 1: Leon ~ The Night Beauty ~ The Legend of the Rose-Bush ~ The Declaring Key ~ Insel Badio ~ The Oranges ~ The Legend of the Firewood ~ The Widow Who Vanished ~ Loyse ~ Diyote ~ Dominan ~ Dayday Agastin ~ The Tale of the Pumpkin Garden ~ Justice ~ The Twins Born with a Star  ~ Adelmise  ~ Tino ~ John the Fool and John the Smart ~ Tale of John the Fool ~ Kilingue.

And here are the stories you will find in Part 2: Son of God ~ My Beauty ~ Juliana ~ Adelina ~ Doomeng ~ The Bird ~ The Ash Children ~ Break-Mountain ~ Sheep ~ Snake Tales ~ Domangage ~ Mirotay ~ The Devil Wife ~ Tale of the King Who Married a Guinea-Hen ~ Marilala ~ Bandolier ~ Razkwit Makak ~ Amen and Bablassen ~ Tezeng ~ Mr. Tezeng ~ Crab-Eater ~ Simonnette.

The stories are presented in both Creole and English translation, along with music!

Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, born in 1898, was the first woman anthropologist in Haiti, and you can read about her remarkable life and career at Wikipedia. 

And I am very pleased to say that Internet Archive also has an incredibly important book that she published in French: Le Roman de Bouqui. In general, I have not been posting books that are not in English, but this was just too important to pass up: a whole book full of Bouqui (Bouki is the Wolof word for "hyena") and Malice stories!

So, enjoy this wonderful set of resources in Creole, English, and French from a great Haitian anthropologist, all just a click away at the Internet Archive!

Creole Tales from Haiti: Part 1 and Part 2

by Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain

Le Roman de Bouqui

by Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain