A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings, and Humor of Peoples of African Descent in

A compendium to the oral traditions of New World African communities captures their tales, beliefs, songs, religious epics, and dialect and features dozens of musical scores and appendixes that explain the finer points of African-American tradition.