20 Rare Historic Books
Of African Religions On CD

This auction is for a CD containing 20 Rare and Fascinating historic books detailing African Religions and Mythologies. The20 books in this collection cover the following regions: South Africa, The Bantu, West Africa, Central Africa and the Caribbean.

Below is a breakdown of the books and their contents by region. The book titles are bolded and the contents are in the bullet points below each book. Due to the length of the contents of the books, only a portion of the total contents of each book is displayed. All books are complete - including any illustrations that were in the original hardcopy books.

All books are supplied in PDF format and are fully searchable.

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South Africa

The Religious System of the Amazulu by Henry Callaway [1870]

• Part I: UNKULUNKULU (OR, THE TRADITION OF CREATION AS EXISTING AMONG THE AMAZULU AND OTHER TRIBES OF SOUTH AFRICA.)
• Part II: AMATONGO (OR, ANCESTOR WORSHIP.)
• Part III: IZINYANGA ZOKUBULA (OR, DIVINERS.)
• Part IV: ABATAKATI (OR, MEDICAL MAGIC, AND WITCHCRAFT.)

Specimens of Bushman Folklore by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd [1911]

• The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
• !Gaunu-Tsaxau (The Son Of The Mantis), The Baboons, And The Mantis
• The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise.
• The Children Are Sent To Throw The Sleeping Sun Into The Sky.
• The Origin Of Death; Preceded By A Prayer Addressed To The Young Moon.
• The Moon Is Not To Be Looked At When Game Has Been Shot.
• The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars.
• The Great Star, !Gaunu, Which, Singing, Named The Stars.
• What The Stars Say, And A Prayer To A Star.
• !Ko-G!nuing-Tara, Wife Of The Dawn's-Heart Star, Jupiter.
• The Son Of The Wind.
• The Wind.
• #Kaga'Ra And !Haunu, Who Fought Each Other With Lightning.
• The Hyena's Revenge. First Version.
• The Hyena's Revenge. Second Version.
• The Lion Jealous Of The Voice Of The Ostrich.
• The Resurrection Of The Ostrich.
• The Vultures, Their Elder Sister, And Her Husband.
• Ddi-Xerreten, The Lioness, And The Children.
• The Mason Wasp And His Wife.
• The Young Man Of The Ancient Race, Who Was Carried Off By A Lion; When Asleep In The Field.
• A Woman Of The Early Race And The Rain Bull.
• The Girl's Story; The Frogs' Story.
• The Man Who Ordered His Wife To Cut Off His Ears.
• The #Nerru And Her Husband.
• The #Nerru, As A Bird
• The Death Of The Lizard.
• The Cat's Song.
• The Song Of The Caama Fox.
• The Songs Of The Blue Crane.
• The Old Woman's Song.
• A Song Sung By The Star !Gaunu, And Especially By Bushman Women.
• Sirius And Canopus.
• The Song Of The Bustard.
• The Song Of The Springbok Mothers.
• ||Kabbo's Song On The Loss Of His Tobacco Pouch.
• The Broken String.
• The Song Of !Nu!Numma-!Kwiten.
• The Leopard And The Jackal.
• Doings Of The Springbok.
• Habits Of The Bat And The Porcupine.
• The Saxicola Castor And The Wild Cat.
• The Baboons And ||Xabbiten||Xabbiten.
• A Lion's Story.
• The Man Who Found A Lion In A Cave.
• Certain Hunting Observances, Called !Nanna-Sse.
• !Nanna-Sse, Second Part.
• Treatment Of Bones By The Narrator's Grandfather, Tsatsi.
• How The Father-In-Law Of The Narrator Treated Bones.
• Tactics In Springbok Hunting.
• ||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. First Account.
• ||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. Second Account.
• ||Kabbo's Journey In The Railway Train.
• ||Kabbo's Intended Return Home.
• and many more...

South African Folk-Tales by James A. Honey [1910] Kaffir (Xhosa)

• Origin Of The Difference In Modes Of Life between Hottentots And Bushmen
• The Lost Message
• The Monkey's Fiddle
• The Tiger, The Ram, And The Jackal
• The Jackal And The Wolf
• A Jackal And A Wolf
• The Lion, The Jackal, And The Man
• The World's Reward
• The Lion And Jackal
• Tink-Tinkje
• The Lion And Jackal
• Lion And Jackal
• The Hunt Of Lion And Jackal
• Story Of Lion And Little Jackal
• The Lioness And The Ostrich
• Crocodile's Treason
• The Story Of A Dam
• The Dance For Water Or Rabbit's Triumph
• Jackal And Monkey
• Lion's Share
• Jackal's Bride
• The Story Of Hare
• The White Man And Snake
• Another Version Of The Same Fable
• Cloud-Eating
• Lion's Illness
• Jackal, Dove, And Heron
• Cock And Jackal
• Elephant And Tortoise
• Another Version Of The Same Fable
• Tortoises Hunting Ostriches
• The Judgment Of Baboon
• Lion And Baboon
• The Zebra Stallion
• When Lion Could Fly"

Folk Tales by Georg McCall Theal [1886]

• Story Of The Bird That Made Milk. I
• The Story Of The Bird That Made Milk. II
• The Story Of Five Heads
• The Story Of Tangalimlibo
• Story Of The Girl Who Disregarded The Custom Of Ntonjane
• The Story Of Simbukumbukwana
• The Story Of Sikulume
• The Story Of Hlakanyana
• The Story Of Demane And Demazana
• The Runaway Children; Or, The Wonderful Feather
• Story Of Ironside And His Sister
• Story Of The Cannibal's Wonderful Bird
• The Story Of The Cannibal Mother And Her Children
• Story Of The Girl And The Mbulu
• The Story Of Mbulukazi
• The Story Of Long Snake
• The Story Of Kenkebe
• Another Story Of Kenkebe
• Story Of The Wonderful Horns
• The Story Of The Glutton
• Story Of The Great Chief Of The Animals
• Story Of The Hare
• Story Of Lion And Little Jackal
• Proverbs And Figurative Expressions

The Bantu

Myths and Legends of the Bantu by Alice Werner [1933]

• Chapter I: Introductory
• Chapter II: Where Man Came From, and How Death Came
• Chapter III: Legends of the High Gods
• Chapter IV: The Heaven Country and the Heaven People
• Chapter V: Mortals Who Have Ascended to Heaven
• Chapter VI: The Ghosts and the Ghost Country
• Chapter VII: The Avenger of Blood
• Chapter VIII: Heroes and Demi-Gods
• Chapter IX: The Wakilindi Saga
• Chapter X: The Story of Liongo Fumo
• Chapter XI: The Tricksters Hlakanyana and Huveane
• Chapter XII: The Amazimu
• Chapter XIII: Of Were-Wolves, Halfmen, Gnomes, Goblins, and Other Monsters
• Chapter XIV: The Swallowing Monster
• Chapter XV: Lightning, Thunder, Rain, and the Rainbow
• Chapter XVI: Doctors, Prophets, and Witches
• Chapter XVII: Brer Rabbit in Africa
• Chapter XVIII: Legends of the Tortoise
• Chapter XIX: Stories of Some Other Animals
• Chapter XX.- Some Stories Which Have Travelled

West and Central Africa

Myths of Ífè by John Wyndham [1921]

• I. THE BEGINNING.
• II. THE DESCENT
• III. THE WAR OF THE GODS.
• IV. THE SACRIFICE OF MÓRIMI.
• V. THE ÚBO WARS.
• VI. THE PASSING OF ÓGUN.

Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort, by R. E. Dennett. [1898]

• I. The Folklore Of The Fjort.
• II. How A Native Story Is Told.
• III. How The Wives Restored Their Husband To Life.
• IV. How Nsassi (Gazelle) Got Married.
• V. The Vanishing Wife.
• VI. Another Vanishing Wife.
• VII. The Jealous Wife.
• VIII. Ngomba's Balloon.
• IX. The Wicked Husband.
• X. The Wonderful Child.
• XI. How Kengi Lost Her Child.
• XII. The Twin Brothers.
• XIII. The Younger Brother Who Knew More Than The Elder.
• XIV. The Chimpanzee And Gorilla.
• XV. The Antelope And The Leopard.
• XVI. How The Spider Won And Lost Nzambi's Daughter.
• XVII. The Turtle And The Man.
• XVIII. Killing A Leopard.
• XIX. The Gazelle And The Leopard.
• XX. The Wild Cat And The Gazelle.
• XXI. The Crafty Woman Overreaches Herself.
• XXII. How The Fetish Sunga Punished My Great-Uncle's Twin Brother, Basa.
• XXIII. The Rabbit And The Antelope.
• XXIV. The Fight Between The Two Fetishes, Lifuma And Chimpukela.
• XXV. The Fetish Of Chilunga.
• XXVI. The Leopard And The Crocodile.
• XXVII. Why Some Men Are White And Others Black.
• XXVIII. The Bird-Messengers.
• XXIX. Nzambi Mpungu's Ambassador.
• XXX. Why The Crocodile Does Not Eat The Hen.
• XXXI. The Three Brothers.
• XXXII. Death And Burial Of The Fjort.

At the Back of the Black Man's Mind by R. E. Dennett. [1906]

• Chapter 1 LUANGO AND THE BAVILI
• Chapter 2 ELECTION OF A KING IN THE KONGO
• Chapter 3 CORONATION OF A KING IN THE KONGO
• Chapter 4 COURTS OF MALUANGO AND MAMBOMA
• Chapter 5 LAW
• Chapter 6 MEASURES, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS
• Chapter 7 BAVILI PSYCHOLOGY
• Chapter 8 NDONGOISM
• Chapter 9 NKICI-ISM
• Chapter 10 BAVILI PHILOSOPHY
• Chapter 11 BIBILA, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GROVES
• Chapter 12 SACRED LANDS AND RIVERS
• Chapter 13 SACRED TREES
• Chapter 14 THE OMENS
• Chapter 15 SACRED ANIMALS
• Chapter 16 NZAMBI (GOD), THE WORD NKICI, AND THE BAKICI BACI
• Chapter 17 THE BINI
• Chapter 18 BENIN DISTRICTS
• Chapter 19 BINI CUSTOMS
• Chapter 20 MORE CUSTOMS
• Chapter 21 TRACES OF NKICI-ISM AMONG THE BINI
• Chapter 22 THE PHILOSOPHY AT THE BACK OF THE BLACK MAN'S MIND IN TABLE FORM

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria By Elphinstone Dayrell, Introduction by Andrew Lang. [1910]

• Chapter 1 LUANGO AND THE BAVILI
• Chapter 2 ELECTION OF A KING IN THE KONGO
• Chapter 3 CORONATION OF A KING IN THE KONGO
• Chapter 4 COURTS OF MALUANGO AND MAMBOMA
• Chapter 5 LAW
• Chapter 6 MEASURES, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS
• Chapter 7 BAVILI PSYCHOLOGY
• Chapter 8 NDONGOISM
• Chapter 9 NKICI-ISM
• Chapter 10 BAVILI PHILOSOPHY
• Chapter 11 BIBILA, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GROVES
• Chapter 12 SACRED LANDS AND RIVERS
• Chapter 13 SACRED TREES
• Chapter 14 THE OMENS
• Chapter 15 SACRED ANIMALS
• Chapter 16 NZAMBI (GOD), THE WORD NKICI, AND THE BAKICI BACI
• Chapter 17 THE BINI
• Chapter 18 BENIN DISTRICTS
• Chapter 19 BINI CUSTOMS
• Chapter 20 MORE CUSTOMS
• Chapter 21 TRACES OF NKICI-ISM AMONG THE BINI
• Chapter 22 THE PHILOSOPHY AT THE BACK OF THE BLACK MAN'S MIND IN TABLE FORM

Fetichism in West Africa by Rev. Robert Hamill Nassau. [1904]

• Chapter I: Constitution of Native African Society--Sociology
• Chapter II: The Idea of God--Religion
• Chapter III: Polytheism--Idolatry
• Chapter IV :Spiritual Beings in African Religion
• Chapter V: Spiritual Beings in Africa--Their Classes and Functions
• Chapter VI: Fetichism--Its Philosophy--A Physical Salvation--Charms and Amulets
• Chapter VII: The Fetich--A Worship
• Chapter VIII: The Fetich--Witchcraft--A White Art--Sorcery
• Chapter IX: The Fetich--Witchcraft--A Black Art--Demonology
• Chapter X: Fetichism--A Government
• Chapter XI: The Fetich--Its Relation to the Family
• Chapter XII: The Fetich--Its Relations to Daily Work and Occupations and to the Needs of Life
• Chapter XIII: The Fetich--Superstition in Customs
• Chapter XIV: Fetich--Its Relation to the Future Life--Ceremonies at Deaths and Funerals
• Chapter XV: Fetichism--Some of its Practical Effects
• Chapter XVI: Tales of Fetich Based on Fact
• Chapter XVII: Fetich in Folk-Lore

Hausa Folklore by Maalam Shaihu, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray. [1913]

• 1. The story of the slave by name 'The World'
• 2. How brothers and sisters first came to quarrel and hate each other
• 3. The story of the boy and the old woman, and how the wasp got his small waist
• 4. The story about a beautiful maiden, and how the hartebeest got the marks under its eyes like teardrops
• 5. How the whip and the 'maara' spoon (a broken bit of calabash) came to the haunts of men
• 6. A story about a chief, and how his sons observed his funeral, and the origin of the spider
• 7. A story about an orphan, showing that 'he who sows evil, it comes forth in his own garden'
• 8. A story about a witch, and how the baby of the family outwitted her, and invented the first walled town
• 9. The doctor who went a pilgrimage to Mecca on a hyena
• 10. A story about a chief and his cook
• 11. A story about three youths all skilled in certain things, and how they used that skill to circumvent a difficulty.
• 12. A story about a giant, and the cause of thunder
• 13. A story about an orphan which was the origin of the saying 'The orphan with a coat of skin is hated, but when it is a metal one he is honoured'
• 14. A story of a jealous man and what befell him
• 15. A story of a great friendship and how it was put to the test
• 16. A story about a test of skill
• 17. A story about Miss Salt, Miss Pepper, &c.
• 18. The story of Muusa (Moses) and how it came about that brothers and sisters do not marry each other
• 19. A story about a hunter and his son
• 20. A story about a maiden and the pumpkin
• 21. The Gaawoo-tree and the maiden, and the first person who ever went mad

Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People by D. Amaury Talbot. [1915]

• Chapter 1: Introductory
• Chapter 2: Prenatal Influences And Birth Customs
• Chapter 3: Birth Customs (continued)
• Chapter 4: Affinities Or Bush Souls
• Chapter 5: Childhood
• Chapter 6: Maidenhood To Marriage
• Chapter 7: Wedded Life And Motherhood
• Chapter 8: Domestic Life
• Chapter 9: Marriage Problems
• Chapter 10: Love Philtres And Magic
• Chapter 11: Witchcraft
• Chapter 12: Jujus
• Chapter 13: Woman And Secret Societies
• Chapter 14: Woman In War Time
• Chapter 15: Widowhood And Burial Customs
• Chapter 16: Widowhood And Burial Customs (continued)

The Yoruba Speaking Peoples by A.B. Ellis [1894]

• Chapter I: Introductory.
• Chapter II: Chief Gods.
• Chapter III: Minor Gods.
• Chapter IV: Remarks on the Foregoing.
• Chapter V: Priests and Worship.
• Chapter VI: Egungun, Oro, Abiku, and Various Superstitions.
• Chapter VII: The In-Dwelling Spirits And Souls of Men.
• Chapter VIII: Measurements of Time.
• Chapter IX: Ceremonies at Birth, Marriage, and Death.
• Chapter XIII: Proverbs.
• Chapter XIV: Folk-Lore Tales.

Caribbean

Jamaica Anansi Stories by Martha Warren Beckwith [1924].

• 1. Tying Tiger.
• 2. Tiger as Substitute.
• 3. Tiger as Riding-horse.
• 4. Tiger's Sheep-skin Suit.
• 5. Tiger Catching the Sheep-thief.
• 6. Tiger's Breakfast.
• 7. Eggs and Scorpions.
• 8. Tiger's Bone-hole.
• 9. The Christening.
• 10. Eating Tiger's Guts.
• 11. Throwing away Knives.
• 12. Grace Before Meat.
• 13. Day-time Trouble.
• 14. New Names.
• 15. Long-shirt.
• 16. Shut up in the Pot.
• 17. House in the Air.
• 18. Goat on the Hill-side.
• 19. Dog and Dog-head.
• 20. Tacoomah's Corn-piece.
• 21. Anansi and the Tar-baby.
• 22. Inside the Cow.
• 23. Cunnie-More-Than-Father.
• 24. The Duckano tree.
• 25. Food and Cudgel.
• 26. The Riddle.
• 27. Anansi and Brother Dead.
• 28. Brother Dead and the Brindle Puppy.
• 29. The Cowitch and Mr. Foolman.
• 30. Dry-Head and Anansi. 31. The Yam-hills.
• 32. The Law against Back-biting.
• 33. Fling-a-mile.
• 34. But-but and Anansi.
• 35. Tumble-bug and Anansi.
• 36. Horse and Anansi.
• 37. Anansi in Monkey Country.
• 38. Curing the Sick.
• 39. Anansi, White-belly and Fish.
• 40. Goat's Escape.
• 41. Turtle's Escape.
• 42. Fire and Anansi.
• 43. Quit-quit and Anansi.
• 44. Spider Marries Monkey's Daughter.
• 45. The Chain of Victims.
• 46. Why Tumble-bug Rolls in the Dung.
• 47. Why John-crow has a Bald Head.
• 48. Why Dog is always Looking.
• 49. Why Rocks at the River are covered with Moss.
• 50. Why Ground-dove Complains.
• 51. Why Hog is always Grunting.
• and many more...

Rastafarianism

The Kebra Nagast E.A. Wallis Budge, translator [1932].

• 1. Concerning the Glory of Kings
• 2. Concerning the Greatness of Kings
• 3. Concerning the Kingdom of ADAM
• 4. Concerning Envy
• 5. Concerning the Kingdom of SETH
• 6. Concerning the Sin of CAIN
• 7. Concerning NOAH
• 8. Concerning the Flood
• 9. Concerning the Covenant of NOAH
• 10. Concerning ZION
• 11. The Unanimous Declaration of the Three Hundred and Eighteen Orthodox Fathers
• 12. Concerning CANAAN
• 13. Concerning ABRAHAM
• 14. Concerning the Covenant of ABRAHAM
• 15. Concerning ISAAC and JACOB
• 16. Concerning RÔBÊL (REUBEN)
• 17. Concerning the Glory of ZION
• 18. How the Orthodox Fathers and Bishops Agreed
• 19. How this Book came to be found
• 20. Concerning the Division of the Earth
• 21. Concerning the Queen of the South
• 22. Concerning TÂMRÎN, the Merchant
• 23. How the Merchant returned to ETHIOPIA
• 24. How the Queen made ready to set out on her Journey
• 25. How the Queen came to SOLOMON the King
• 26. How the King held converse with the Queen
• 27. Concerning the Labourer
• 28. How SOLOMON gave Commandments to the Queen
• 29. Concerning the Three Hundred and Eighteen [Patriarchs]
• 30. Concerning how King SOLOMON swore to the Queen
• 31. Concerning the sign which SOLOMON gave the Queen
• 32. How the Queen brought forth and came to her own Country
• 33. How the King of ETHIOPIA travelled
• 34. How the young man arrived in his mother's country
• 35. How King SOLOMON sent to his son the commander of his army