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african folktales and trickster stories34% of collection
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Among the Ibos of Nigeria, an account of the curious & interesting habits, customs, & beliefs of a little known African peopleAuthor: one who has for many years lived amongst them on close & intimate terms
The Hymn book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church : being a collection of hymns, sacred songs and chants, designed to supersede all others hitherto made use of in that Church ; selected from various authorsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu languages comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Education in Africa; a study of West, South, and equatorial AfricaAuthor: the African Education Commission, under the auspices of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and foreign mission societies of North America and Europe;
The "last post" : a roll of all officers (naval, military or colonial) who gave their lives for their queen, king and country, in the South African War, 1899-1902Author: Classic Public Domain
Description de l'Afrique; tierce partie du monde, escrite par Jean Leon African. Premièrement en langue Arabesque, puis en Toscane et à présent mise en François. Nouv. éd. annotéeAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu language, comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The voice of Africa : being an account of the travels of the German Inner African Exploration Expedition in the years 1910-1912Author: Classic Public Domain
Through Jubaland to the Lorian swamp; an adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unexplored Lorian swampAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A tribute for the Negro; being a vindication of the moral, intellectual, and religious capabilities of the coloured portion of mankind; with particular reference to the African raceAuthor: Classic Public Domain
South Africa [microform] : (The Cape colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, and all other territories south of the Zambesi)Author: Classic Public Domain
African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, and historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language. To which are added a translation of the above, and a Kanuri-English vocabularyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The rise of South Africa : a history of the origin of South African colonisation and of its development towards the East from the earliest times to 1857Author: Classic Public Domain
Science in South Africa: a handbook and review. Prepared under the auspices of the South African governments and the South African association for the advancement of scienceAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A short history of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 42nd, 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902Author: Classic Public Domain
The doctrine and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal church : publishedAuthor: order of the General Conference held in Baltimore City, Md., May 1884, by James C. Embry
Stanley in Africa : the wonderful discoveries and thrilling adventures of the great african explorer, and other travelers, pioneers and missionariesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
South Africa (the Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, and all other territories south of the Zambesi)Author: Classic Public Domain
African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language. To which are added a translation of the above and a Kanuri-English vocabularyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Meditations from the pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart, (widow of the late James W. Stewart,) now matron of the Freedmen's Hospital, and presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass. ..Author: Classic Public Domain
History of Missouri Compromise and slavery in American politics; a true history of the Missouri Compromise and its repeal, and of African slavery as a factor in American politicsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
African wanderings; or, An expedition from Sennaar to Taka, Basa, and Beni-Amer, with a particular glance at the races of Bellad SudanAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The great African island: chapters on Madagascar; a popular account of recent researches in the physical geography, geology, and exploration of the country, and its natural history and botany ..Author: Classic Public Domain
Captain Canot ; or, Twenty years of an African slaver : being an account of his career and adventures on the coast, in the interior, on shipboard, and in the West IndiesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The redemption of Africa; a story of civilization, with maps, statistical tables and select bibliography of the literature of African missionsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Langley Kitching's African and Madagascar NotesAuthor: "Continuation of Journal after arrival in Basutoland, October 10, 1878, till the leaving of Natal and South Africa for Mauritius and Madagascar"
An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species : particularly the African ; translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785Author: Classic Public Domain
Silva Capensis, or a description of South African forest trees and arborescent shrubs used for technical and economical purposesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Life, wanderings, and labours in Eastern Africa : with an account of the first successful ascent of the equatorial snow mountain, Kilima Njaro, and remarks upon East African slaveryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
African Folktales and Trickster Stories Book Collection
Discover 125 carefully selected public-domain books about african folktales and trickster stories. This focused archive brings together practical manuals, illustrated references and important historical works in one searchable collection.
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The history of the great Boer trek : and the origin of the South African republics
The suppression of the African slave-trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
South African journal of science
West African forests and forestry
The Anglo-African who's who and biographical sketch-book
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Among the Ibos of Nigeria, an account of the curious & interesting habits, customs, & beliefs of a little known African people by one who has for many years lived amongst them on close & intimate terms
The Anglo-African who's who and biographical sketch-book
West African forests and forestry
The history of the South African forces in France
The Hymn book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church : being a collection of hymns, sacred songs and chants, designed to supersede all others hitherto made use of in that Church ; selected from various authors
The suppression of the African slave-trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu languages comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etc
The life of a South African tribe
Education in Africa; a study of West, South, and equatorial Africa by the African Education Commission, under the auspices of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and foreign mission societies of North America and Europe;
Ethnology of A-Kamba and other East African tribes
West African folk-tales
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
The African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book : adapted to the doctrine and usages of the church
The "last post" : a roll of all officers (naval, military or colonial) who gave their lives for their queen, king and country, in the South African War, 1899-1902
The Periplus of Hanno; a voyage of discovery down the west African coast
Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names
Vocabulary of six East-African languages : Kisuáheli, Kiníka, Kikámba, Kipokómo, Kihiáu, Kigálla
The history of the great Boer trek : and the origin of the South African republics
The African slave trade and its remedy
Description de l'Afrique; tierce partie du monde, escrite par Jean Leon African. Premièrement en langue Arabesque, puis en Toscane et à présent mise en François. Nouv. éd. annotée
South-African folk-tales
South African journal of science
Thoughts upon the African slave trade
My African journey
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum
A comparative grammar of the South African Bantu language, comprising those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the lake region, etc
The voice of Africa : being an account of the travels of the German Inner African Exploration Expedition in the years 1910-1912
African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research
The African abroad, or, his evolution in western civilization, tracing his development under Caucasian milieu
Through Jubaland to the Lorian swamp; an adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unexplored Lorian swamp
A tribute for the Negro; being a vindication of the moral, intellectual, and religious capabilities of the coloured portion of mankind; with particular reference to the African race
South African Native Affairs Commission, 1903-1905 : report with annexures nos. 1 to 9
Great African Travellers
Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography
South Africa [microform] : (The Cape colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, and all other territories south of the Zambesi)
Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu
The history of the South African College, 1829-1918
Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African. : To which are prefixed, memoirs of his life
The memoirs of Paul Kruger, four times President of the South African Republic
African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, and historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language. To which are added a translation of the above, and a Kanuri-English vocabulary
African game trails;
Tiyo Soga : a page of South African mission work
The rise of South Africa : a history of the origin of South African colonisation and of its development towards the East from the earliest times to 1857
African game trails, an account of the African wanderings of an American hunter-naturalist
Science in South Africa: a handbook and review. Prepared under the auspices of the South African governments and the South African association for the advancement of science
Book of Discipline African Methodist Episcopal Church (1920)
Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science
My African Neighbous
A short history of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 42nd, 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902
The African sketch-book
The doctrine and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal church : published by order of the General Conference held in Baltimore City, Md., May 1884, by James C. Embry
Life-histories of African game animals
Stanley in Africa : the wonderful discoveries and thrilling adventures of the great african explorer, and other travelers, pioneers and missionaries
Illustrations of African blood-sucking flies other than mosquitoes and tsetse-flies
West African studies
South Africa (the Cape Colony, Natal, Orange Free State, South African Republic, and all other territories south of the Zambesi)
Catalogue of the African plants
Journal - South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Our South African flora = Ons Suid-Afrikaanse plantegroei
The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African campaign
Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave : also, Poems by a slave
From Capetown to Ladysmith [microform] : an unfinished record of the South African War
The capture of De Wet : the South African rebellion, 1914
The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent
African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language. To which are added a translation of the above and a Kanuri-English vocabulary
Select constitutional documents illustrating South African history, 1795-1910
Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society
African missionary heroes and heroines
Meditations from the pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart, (widow of the late James W. Stewart,) now matron of the Freedmen's Hospital, and presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass. ..
Poems of South African history, A.D. 1497-1910;
The rise of our East African empire; early efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda
A comparative grammar of South African languages
The beginning of South African history
South-African history told in pictures : pictorial atlas = Zuid-Afrika's geschiedenis in beeld : platen-atlas
History of Missouri Compromise and slavery in American politics; a true history of the Missouri Compromise and its repeal, and of African slavery as a factor in American politics
Complete history of the south African War, in 1899-1902
An essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the British sugar colonies
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.
Check-list of the South African Lepidoptera Heterocera
Joseph Thomson, African explorer; a biography
Poems and songs on the South African War. An anthology from England, Africa, Australia, United States, but chiefly Canada
Lights and shadows of African history
The story of an African city..
Anglo-African magazine
African wanderings; or, An expedition from Sennaar to Taka, Basa, and Beni-Amer, with a particular glance at the races of Bellad Sudan
African hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi : including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 to 1860
The glamour of prospecting : wanderings of a South African prospector in search of copper, gold, emeralds, and diamonds
Under the African sun; a description of native races in Uganda, sporting adventures and other experiences
The story of the Boers : narrated by their own leaders : prepared under the authority of the South African Republics
The great African island: chapters on Madagascar; a popular account of recent researches in the physical geography, geology, and exploration of the country, and its natural history and botany ..
Captain Canot ; or, Twenty years of an African slaver : being an account of his career and adventures on the coast, in the interior, on shipboard, and in the West Indies
The Gospel among the slaves : A short account of missionary operations among the African slaves of the Southern States
The northern Bantu, an account of some Central African tribes of the Uganda protectorate
The Germans and Africa, their aims on the Dark Continent and how they acquired their African colonies
South African journal of natural history
South African Mines Vol. 2
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile; an account of the German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
The German African Empire
On the South African frontier : the adventures and observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland
After big game : the story of an African holiday
African bombyliidae
The flowering plants of Africa; an analytical key to the genera of African phanerogams
An African adventure
Madagascar, Mauritius and the other East-African islands
One hundred years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or, The centennial of African Methodism
The redemption of Africa; a story of civilization, with maps, statistical tables and select bibliography of the literature of African missions
Langley Kitching's African and Madagascar Notes - "Continuation of Journal after arrival in Basutoland, October 10, 1878, till the leaving of Natal and South Africa for Mauritius and Madagascar"
Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider, and the other beef; West African folk tales
Captain Canot, or, Twenty years of an African slaver :
An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species : particularly the African ; translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785
[African scenery and animals]
Outa Karel's stories : South African folk-lore tales
Silva Capensis, or a description of South African forest trees and arborescent shrubs used for technical and economical purposes
African nature notes and reminiscences
Where animals talk; west African folk lore tales
Langley Kitching's African and Madagascar Notes - "April 24, 1878 to October 22, 1878"
The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system
Progress of the African mission, consisting of Messrs. Richardson, Barth, and Overweg, to Central Africa
Across East African glaciers; an account of the first ascent of Kilimanjaro
The Bawenda of the Spelonken (Transvaal); a contribution towards the psychology and folk-lore of African peoples
Money in lucerne. The last word in alfalfa culture by South African experts and practical farmers
Central African game and its spoor
The African Elephant And Its Hunters
Life, wanderings, and labours in Eastern Africa : with an account of the first successful ascent of the equatorial snow mountain, Kilima Njaro, and remarks upon East African slavery
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