Most of contents previously published in Research in African literatures, fall 1976.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Oba's ear: a Yoruba myth in Cuba and Brazil / William Bascom -- Puttin' down ole massa: African satire in the new world / William D. Piersen -- African and Afro-American tales / Alan Dundes -- "The rarest thing in the world": Indo-European or African? / Steven S. Jones -- After the myth: studying Afro-American cultural patterns in the plantation literature / John F. Szwed and Roger D. Abrahams -- African connection: comments on African folklore in the new world / Richard M. Dorson.
