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A bold work of African philosophy and theology that brings together witchcraft and the philosophy of Levinas. ... Read more

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Completely unique and fascinating, here are hundreds of proverbs and sayings about women from almost eighty African languages.The great and varied chorus seems at times alien but more often strangely familiar. ... Read more

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The latest work from Harold Scheub, one of the world's leading scholars of African folktales, is the broadest collection yet assembled with tales from the entire continent of Africa, north to south. It brings together mythic, fantastic, and coming-of-age tales, some transcribed more than a hundred years ago, others dating to modern-day Africa. Scheub includes the work of storytellers from major African language groups, as well as many storytellers whose work is not often heard outside of Africa. This anthology offers a classroom-ready collection that should appeal to any scholar of African literature and culture. Realizing that these tales are part of a dying art, Scheub writes for the inner ear in everyone, bringing an oral tradition to life in written form. ... Read more

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Compilation Of African Folk Tradition.
Although Not in Great detail this book is able to scratch the surface of many African myths as well as provide a basis for the folk tradition of African tribes all through Africa. The book does an exceptional job however at presenting the reasoning for African myths as well as conecting the myths between cultures. Recomended for any fan of Myth who wants a brief outline of African myth for their collection or simply just a quick read or refference.

I would recomend checking out the rest of the "Myth and Mankind" series as they disect the beliefs of 19 different cultures from The Greeks to the Mayan. ... Read more

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After they cleverly complete the sky king's tasks, a mouse, spider, and fly are given light to take back to earth but it isn't quite what they expected. ... Read more

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This book presents a portrait of African religious historyframed in the religious themes common to the rest of the world. It looks at the traditional religions that provided the philosophical, religious, and ethical basis of African culture.Focusing primarily on traditional African religions and their related myths, rituals, authorities , ethics , and artwork,the book also includes substantial treatment on nationalism, African Islam and Christianity.For anyone who wants to gain an understanding ofthe relationship between African religion and culture. ... Read more

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Review of Benjamin Ray's African Religions
In this text Ray discusses the myths and ritual beliefs behind various native African religions. He does so respectfully and in enough depth to explain and provide background for those who are uneducated in this particular area. If you are looking for a great reference for papers or a religion class, this is it. ... Read more

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Within a wide analytical and historical framework, this text assesses the nature of African indigenous church historiography, and attempts to identify what future work needs to be done. ... Read more

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A frog repays Wanyana's kindness by helping her pick the right man to be her husband. ... Read more

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This collection of essays focuses particularly on new religions that have emerged in Nigeria in the period of diversification and change that has elapsed since the civil war of 1967-1970. ... Read more

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Somewhat interesting collection of texts
Hexham here compiles numerous writings about Zulu religious thought in the 19th century, from the viewpoints of missionaries, merchants and others.He includes brief descriptions of each author and edits some of the textsto limit their theme to religion a bit better, but the range of topicscovered is still broad.Some of the observers are much better writers thanothers, and some provide much better analysis (Colenso does a great jobhere) - overall, the quality is fair and ranges from interesting to dull. Partially recommended, though this probably won't appeal to those reallyinterested in the topic. ... Read more

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This bibliography is the most comprehensive available on the subject of African and Afro-American traditional religion and healing. By covering works from 1760 to the present, this bibliography offers not only the most up-to-date information on the subject, but also the most complete bibliographic survey of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin religious traditions yet compiled. Researchers will be able to develop an understanding of one of the most important cultural components of the rapidly growing Caribbean population in the United States and an understanding of the tremendous growth of African-derived religious traditions in South America and their long-range sociopolitical ramifications. ... Read more

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Chapters: Anansi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 372. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: (pronounciation Ah-nahn-see) Anansi the trickster is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often acts and appears as a man. The story of Anansi is akin to the Coyote or Raven trickster found in many Native American cultures. The Anansi tales are believed to have originated in the Ashanti tribe in Ghana. (The word Anansi is Akan and means, simply, spider.) They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. Anansi tales are some of the best-known in West Africa The stories made up an exclusively oral tradition, and indeed Anansi himself was synonymous with skill and wisdom in speech. It was as remembered and told tales that they crossed to the Caribbean and other parts of the New World with captives via the Atlantic slave trade. One of his stories is called "Anansi and The Turtle", the moral to this story is if you try to outsmart somebody that person might outsmart you. Stories of Anansi became such a prominent and familiar part of Ashanti oral culture that the word Anansesem - "spider tales" -came to embrace all kinds of fables. Peggy Appiah, who collected Anansi tales in Ghana and published many books of his stories wrote: "So well known is he that he has given his name to the whole rich tradition of tales on which so many Ghanaian children are brought up - anansesem - or spider tales." Elsewhere they have other names, for instance Anansi-Tori in Suriname and Kuent'i Nanzi in Curaçao....More: http://booksllc.net/?id=99498 ... Read more