Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 14

Well, here we are: I started this blog in May of 2021, and this is going to be the last round-up for May 2022. This has been a really tumultuous year in my life, and I'm very glad to have had this project to work on every day... it's been a constant pleasure, even in the midst of some hard times. Yay books! These links will take you to all the round-up posts, starting back at the very beginning: May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May.

And here are this week's book; the focus was on 19th-century African Diaspora folktale collectors in both the Caribbean and in the United States:

Behind the Dark Pines

by Martha Young

Plantation Bird Legends

by Martha Young

Old Rabbit, the Voodoo, and Other Sorcerers

by Mary Alice Owen

Mama's Black Nurse Stories

by Mary Pamela Milne-Home

Bahama Songs and Stories

Charles Lincoln Edwards

 Strange Ways and Sweet Dreams:

Afro-American Folklore from the Hampton Institute

by Donald J. Waters

Emma Backus

in the Journal of American Folklore

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 13

I almost forgot to do this week's round-up post, but I remembered just in time! As always, you can access all the past round-ups with these links: May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May.

And don't forget about the Anansi Book Club! We finished three books already, and we're starting a new book tomorrow; you can see all the May books here.

So, here are these week's books. I focused on Caribbean stories, which resulted in me making the acquaintance of Phillis Gershator, who is also wrote some books of African folktales (included below), so this was a great week!

The Mermaid's Twin Sister:

More Stories from Trinidad

by Lynn Joseph

Turtle Knows Your Name

by Ashley Bryan

Tukama Tootles the Flute

by Phillis Gershator

Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale

by David and Phillis Gershator

Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng!

by Phillis Gershator

Only One Cowry

by Phillis Gershator

The Iroko Man

by Phillis Gershator

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 12

It's hard to believe it's already the middle of May... so I'm now into a second year of blogging about Internet Archive books here, and you can access all the past round-ups with these links: May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May.

And don't forget about the Anansi Book Club; we finished two books already, and we're starting a new book this weekend; all the May books here.

Here are these week's books, which are big, beautiful anthologies to enjoy, just a click away at the Internet Archive:

Mother Wit From the Laughing Barrel:

Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore

by Alan Dundes

Honey, Hush! An Anthology

of African American Women's Humor

by Daryl Cumber Dance

Talk That Talk:

An Anthology of African-American Storytelling

by Linda Goss and Marian Barnes

Jump Up and Say! A Collection of Black Storytelling

by Linda Goss and Clay Goss

African American Folktales

edited by Thomas Green

Encyclopedia of Black Folklore and Humor

by Henry Spalding

African Diaspora at the Internet Archive: Spreadsheet (11)

Here's the first round-up for the month of May, along with links to previous months, which means I've been blogging here for almost a year, having started back in May of 2021: May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April.

And don't forget about the Anansi Book Club; we just finished our first book for May and we're starting a new book tomorrow; all the May books here.

Here are these week's books:

How Animals Saved the People:

Animal Tales from the South

by J. J. Reneaux

When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote:

African-Native American Literature

by Jonathan Brennan

Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings

by Joel Chandler Harris 

Nights With Uncle Remus

by Joel Chandler Harris

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus

by Joel Chandler Harris