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Central African and Bantu Traditions
Central African and Bantu folklore, myth, proverb, and religious tradition, including Kongo-region and broader Bantu materials.
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Bantu Beliefs and Magic — C. W. HobleyC. W. Hobley’s 1922 study of the religion, ceremonial and magic of the Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya Colony by a former provincial commissioner, with an introduction by Sir James G. Frazer: spirit beliefs, sacrifice, circumcision, the curse called thahu, smiths and magicians, councils, oaths and laws of compensation, a memorandum on dances, and a closing chapter on East Africa after the war.My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories — Henry M. StanleyNineteen tales and legends of the Basoko, Baganda and other peoples of Central Africa, told at the camp fire by the African members of Henry M. Stanley’s expeditions between 1875 and the 1880s and set down in English by Stanley, with his account of each teller.Myths and Legends of the BantuComprehensive collection of Bantu mythology, legends, and folk talesNotes on the Folklore of the FjortFolklore and proverbs of the Fjort (Fiote) people of the Congo region