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561 works of pan-African thought. 2 matching current filters.

RegionAllWest AfricaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaNorth AfricaCentral AfricaCaribbeanDiaspora
GenreAllFictionNon-fictionPoetryDramaAutobiographyFolklore
EraAllPre-colonial Oral TraditionsColonialPost-colonialHarlem RenaissanceNegritudeContemporary
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
1985
Virginia Hamilton

A landmark collection of African American folktales — animal stories, supernatural tales, and the title story of enslaved Africans who remember how to fly and escape their bondage.

DiasporaFolklore
Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales
1989
Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana

A comprehensive collection of Palestinian Arab oral folk tales, collected from women storytellers across Palestine, preserving a tradition under threat of erasure.

North AfricaFolklore