Bøker av Harold Courlander

One of the first and finest studies of African American folk music, this thorough, well-researched volume offers a perceptive history and analysis of spirituals, ballads, blues, jazz, and other genres.

The heroic legends decribed here, re-create the events and annals of the kingdom of Segu and of the Bambara tribe that formed a series of important city-states along the Niger River during the 17th century.

From the author of A Treasury of African Folklore -a classic collection of African oral tradition and lore from the Western hemisphere, now beautifully repackaged