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Animism — George William GilmoreA study of thought currents of primitive peoples (1919) by George William Gilmore, examining the animistic worldview as the foundational stage of human religious and cultural development.At the Back of the Black Man's MindStudy of Bantu and Yoruba spiritual practices and philosophy in West AfricaDrums and ShadowsOral folklore from coastal Georgia collected during the 1930s WPA writers' programFetichism in West AfricaStudy of West African traditional religion, spiritual beliefs, and practicesFolk Stories from Southern NigeriaWest African folklore from Southern Nigeria, with introduction by Andrew LangHausa Folk-loreTraditional Hausa folk tales from Nigeria, translated from the original HausaJamaica Anansi StoriesClassic collection of Jamaican Anansi folklore, folk music, and riddlesKaffir (Xhosa) Folk-loreCollection of traditional Xhosa folk tales from South AfricaMyths and Legends of the BantuComprehensive collection of Bantu mythology, legends, and folk talesMyths of IfeMyths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, recited by the high priests of IfeNew Orleans SuperstitionsEssay on Voodoo beliefs and practices in 1880s New OrleansNotes on the Folklore of the FjortFolklore and proverbs of the Fjort (Fiote) people of the Congo regionPsychic Phenomena of JamaicaEthnographic study of Jamaican folk beliefs, obeah, and psychic phenomenaSouth-African Folk-talesFolk tales from South Africa including Hottentot, Bushman, and Kaffir traditionsSpecimens of Bushman FolkloreCollection of San (Bushman) folklore, mythology, and oral traditions from the KalahariThe Last of the VoudoosAccount of the last great Voodoo doctor of New Orleans by Lafcadio Hearn — a portrait of Jean Montanet, born in Senegal, who rose to become the most celebrated occultist of nineteenth-century New Orleans.The NegroPioneering work on African and African-American history by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Religious System of the AmazuluEarly ethnographic study of Zulu religious beliefs and practicesThe Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West AfricaStudy of Yoruba religion, customs, and folklore from the Slave CoastVoodoos and ObeahsStudy of West Indian witchcraft, Vodun history, and Afro-Caribbean religionWoman's Mysteries of a Primitive PeopleEthnography of Ibibio women's ritual life in Southern NigeriaWonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite EmpirePioneering work of Afrocentric history tracing the ancient Cushite EmpireYoruba LegendsTraditional legends of the Yoruba people of West Africa