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A collection of twenty legends of the Hopi people, originating in the different tribes and relating tales of journeys, wars, heroic deeds, and tribal heroes.

Noted folklorist focuses on the origins and musical qualities of simple cries and calls to anthems and spirituals, ballads and the blues. Includes authentic versions of over 40 folk songs. Valuable bibliography and discography.

Thirty-one stories from Far Eastern countries, including Korea, Burma, Japan, and Arabia, and from islands in the Pacific.

Hwesuhunu is captured by French slave traders, shipwrecked on the island of Saint Lucia, enslaved on a Georgia plantation, and then seeks his freedom as a runaway slave.

"The story is set in the 19th century. It tells of Dosu Bordeaux's quest to find his brother, who has been captured, reduced to a zombie-like state, and put to work as a slave on a remote mountain plantation." -- Cover.

Collection of Ethiopian stories.

This is the first English language collection of heroic narratives taken from the oral tradition of the Bambara, one of the most important tribes in Western Africa and the founders of the kingdom of Segu, a group of city-states that existed in the seventeenth century along the Upper Niger river.