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Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent: recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango ... and Madikane Cele

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The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

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Title
Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent: recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango ... and Madikane Cele
Names
Burlin, Natalie Curtis, 1875-1921 (Author)
Simango, C. Kamba (Editor)
Cele, Madikane Qandeya (Editor)
Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1920
Place: New York
Place: Boston
Publisher: G. Schirmer
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 784.4-B (Burlin, N. Songs and tales)
Topics
Folk songs -- Africa
Songs -- Africa
Folklore -- Africa
Bantu-speaking peoples
Genres
Books
Children's literature
Physical Description
Extent: Xxv p., 1 l., 170 p. front., illus., 4 pl., 2 ports. 27 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 21005086
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2869565-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11689653
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2a2326b0-7cf9-0134-5069-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1875: Creator Born
  • 1920: Issued
  • 1921: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/708f1590-f0a2-0134-29ed-61411044fb81

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 8, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/708f1590-f0a2-0134-29ed-61411044fb81

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/708f1590-f0a2-0134-29ed-61411044fb81

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Songs and Tales from the Dark Continent