The Books
See the OVERVIEW PAGE for information about these books and their authors:
Baskerville, Rosetta. The Flame Tree and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda. 1900.
Baskerville, Rosetta. The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories from Uganda. 1922.
Bateman, George. Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa. 1901.
Bourhill, Mrs. E. J. and Mrs. J. B. Drake. Fairy Tales from South Africa. 1908.
Du Bois, W.E.B. (editor). The Brownies' Book. 1920-1921.
James, Hartwell. The Man Elephant: A Book of African Fairy Tales. 1906.
Jephson, A. J. Mounteney. Stories Told in an African Forest by Grown-up Children of Africa. 1893.
Lang, Andrew. African Folktales in the Fairy Books of Andrew Lang. 1910.
McPherson, Ethel. Native Fairy Tales of South Africa. 1919.
Metelerkamp, Sanni. Outa Karel’s Stories: South African Folklore Tales. 1914.
Pratt-Chadwick, Mara and L. Lamprey. The Alo Man: Stories from the Congo. 1921.
Rickert, Edith. The Bojabi Tree. 1923.
Stafford, Alphonso O. Animal Fables from the Dark Continent. 1906.
Stigand, Chauncy H. and Nancy Stigand. Black Tales for White Children. 1914.
Tremearne, Arthur J. N. and Mary Tremearne. Fables and Fairy Tales for Little Folk, or: Uncle Remus in Hausaland. 1910.
Universities' Mission. Golden Ship and Other Swahili Tales. 1900.
Vaughan, Arthur Owen. Old Hendrik’s Tales. 1904.
Woodson, Carter Godwin. African Myths. 1928. [All 1928 books will enter the public domain in 2024, but this book is already in the public domain; see Hathi Trust.]