A Look at Laura's Bookshelf: 2022 March

Wow, this is already Week 6 of the African Diaspora book project... and the book collection really is growing. I've listed this week's books below, and here are the links to past posts about both African and African Diaspora story resources at the Internet Archive: May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March.

I've also been updating the spreadsheet of stories, and there are over 4000 items listed there now too! Here's that link: African Diaspora Folktale Spreadsheet.

And now.... this week's books:

Mules and Men

by Zora Neale Hurston

Bo Rabbit Smart for True:

Folktales From the Gullah

by Priscilla Jaquith

Negro Myths From the Georgia Coast

by Charles C. Jones, Jr.

Afro-American Folk Lore

Told Round Cabin Fires

on the Sea Islands of South Carolina

by Abbie Christensen

Animal Tales Told In The Gullah Dialect

by Albert Stoddard

Folklore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina

by Elsie Clews Parsons

This week marked the end of Black History Month for 2022, but I'll be carrying on with more African Diaspora folktale books for weeks yet to come! Here are the links to past posts about African and African Diaspora resources, and you'll find this week's books below. :-)

May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February

When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing

by Virginia Hamilton