The following is a list of online books, most of them public domain, where you can learn more about African and African-American folklore and folktales. There are over 150 books on the list! Some of these links go to the Freebookapalooza record for the book; others go to the book as found at Hathi Trust or another digital library with full-text books.
Allen, M. R.
Stories for Children
Allen, William Francis
Slave Songs of the United States
Anderson, Izett and Frank Cundall
Jamaica Negro Proverbs and Sayings
Andrade, Manuel José
Folk-lore From the Dominican Republic [in Spanish]
Bacon-Parsons
Folk-lore From Elizabeth City, Virginia
Barker, W. and C. Sinclaire
West African Folktales
Baskerville, Rosetta
The Flame Tree and Other Folk-lore Stories From Uganda
Baskerville, Rosetta
The King of the Snakes and Other Folklore Stories From Uganda
Basset, Rene
Moorish Literature
Bateman, George
Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa
Beckwith, Martha
Black Roadways; a Study of Jamaican Folk Life
Beckwith, Martha
Folk-games of Jamaica
Beckwith, Martha
Jamaica Anansi Stories
Beckwith, Martha
Jamaica Folk-lore
Beckwith, Martha
Jamaica Proverbs
Beech, Mervyn
The Suk: Their Language and Folklore
Bell, H. Hesketh
Obeah: Witchcraft in the West Indies.
Bender, C. J.
African Jungle Tales
Bigelow, John
The Wit and Wisdom of the Haytians. / by John Bigelow.
Bleek, W., and L. Lloyd
Specimens of Bushman Folklore
Bleek, Wilhelm
Hottentot Fables and Tales
Boas-Simango
Tales and Proverbs of the Vandau
Bourhill, E. and J. Drake
Fairy Tales From South Africa
Boyle, Virginia Frazer
Devil Tales
Brookes, Stella Brewer
Joel Chandler Harris, Folklorist
Brown, Frank C.
The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore
Budge, E. A. Wallis
Kebra Nagast
Burlin, Natalie Curtis
Negro Folk-songs. Books 1-4
Burlin, Natalie Curtis
Songs and Tales From the Dark Continent
Cable, George W.
Creole Slave Songs.
Callaway, Henry
Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus
Campbell, James Edwin
Echoes--from the Cabin and Elsewhere
Cancel, Robert
Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions
Chatelain, Heli
Folktales of Angola
Chesnutt, Charles W.
Folklore and Superstitions of the South [article]
Chesnutt, Charles W.
The Conjure Woman
Christensen, Abigail
Afro-american Folk Lore, Told Round Cabin Fires on the Sea Islands of South Carolina
Cocke, Sarah
Bypaths in Dixie: Folk Tales of the South
Corrothers, James
The Black Cat Club : Negro Humor and Folk-lore
Cotter, Joseph
Negro Tales
Cronise, F. and H. Ward
Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider, and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales
Culbertson, Anne
At the Big House: Where Aunt Nancy and Aunt 'phrony Held Forth on the Animal Folks
Dayrell, Elphinstone
Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria
Dayrell, Elphinstone
Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria
Dennett, Richard
Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort
Du Bois, W. E. B.
The Brownies' Book [serial]
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
In Old Plantation Days
Early, Gerald
The Tar Baby and the Tomahawk [website]
Edwards, Charles
Bahama Songs and Stories
Elliot, Geraldine
The Long Grass Whispers
Ellis, A. B.
Evolution in Folklore: Some West African Prototypes of the Uncle Remus Stories [article]
Ellis, A. B.
The Eʻwe-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
Ellis, A. B.
The Tshi-speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa
Ellis, A. B.
The Yoruba Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
Ellis, George Washington
Negro Culture in West Africa
Fenner, Thomas P.,
Cabin and Plantation Songs, as Sung by the Hampton Students
Fenner, Thomas P.,
Religious Folk Songs of the Negro
Fenner, Thomas P.,
Religious Folk Songs of the Negro as Sung on the Plantations
Finnegan, Ruth
Oral Literature in Africa
Fitz-James, James
Bahamian Folk Lore
Fortier, Alcée
Louisiana Folktales
Fowke, Gerard
Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox. How Brer Rabbit Was Allowed to Choose His Death [story]
Frobenius, Leo
Atlantis
Frobenius, Leo
The Childhood of Man
Georgia Writer's Project
Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies Among the Georgia Coastal Negroes
Gerber, A.
Uncle Remus Traced to the Old World [article]
Gonzales, Ambrose
The Black Border; Gullah Stories of the Carolina Coast
Gonzales, Ambrose
With Aesop Along the Black Border
Harmon, Marion
Negro Wit and Humor
Harris, Joel Chandler
Daddy Jake the Runaway : and Short Stories Told After Dark
Harris, Joel Chandler
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country;
Harris, Joel Chandler
Mr. Rabbit at Home
Harris, Joel Chandler
Nights With Uncle Remus
Harris, Joel Chandler
The Tar-baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus
Harris, Joel Chandler
The Witch Wolf : an Uncle Remus Story
Harris, Joel Chandler
Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus and His Friends
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus and the Little Boy
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus Returns
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
Harris, Joel Chandler
Uncle Remus's Magazine [serial]
Harris, Joel Chandler
Wally Wanderoon and His Story-telling Machine
Herskovits, Melville
Suriname Folklore
Hobson, Anne
In Old Alabama : Being the Chronicles of Miss Mouse
Hollis, A. C.
The Masai: Their Language and Folklore
Hollis, A. C.
The Nandi: Their Language and Folklore
Honey, James
South African Folktales
Ingram, J. Forsyth
The Story of a Gold Concession : and Other African Tales and Legends
Jablow, Alta
Yes and No; the Intimate Folklore of Africa
Jacottet, E.
The Treasury of Basuto Lore
James, Hartwell
The Man Elephant; a Book of African Fairy Tales
Jekyll, Walter
Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and Dancing Tunes
Jephson, A. J. Mounteney
Stories Told in an African Forest
Johnson, John
Folklore From Antigua [jaf Article]
Johnston, R. L. N.
The Songs of Sidi Hammo
Jones, Charles Colcock
Negro Myths From the Georgia Coast
Kennedy, R. Emmet
Black Cameos
Kidd, Dudley
Savage Childhood : a Study of Kafir Children
Kidd, Dudley
The Bull of the Kraal and the Heavenly Maidens; a Tale of Black Children
Kidd, Dudley
The Essential Kafir
Koelle, S. W.
Proverbs, Tales, Fables, and Historical Fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu Language
Krehbiel, Henry
Afro-american Folksongs : a Study in Racial and National Music
Lang, Andrew
Fairy Books: Africa [list of Stories]
Littmann, Enno
Legend of the Queen of Sheba
Littmann, Enno
Tales, Customs, Names, and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes
Locke, Alain
The Negro and His Music
Macon, J. A.
Uncle Gabe Tucker; or, Reflections, Song, and Sentiment
Madan, A. C.
Kiungani, or, Story and History From Central Africa
Martin, Minnie
Basutoland: Its Legends and Customs
McPherson, Ethel
Native Fairy Tales of South Africa
Metelerkamp, Sanni
Outa Karel's Stories: South African Folk-lore Tales
Milne-Home, Mary
Mamma's Black Nurse Stories: West Indian Folklore
Mott, Edward Harold
Black Homer of Jimtown
Nassau, Robert H.
Fetichism in West Africa
Nassau, Robert H.
Where Animals Talk; West African Folk Lore Tales
Nyabongo, Akiki
Winds and Lights: African Fairy Tales
Odum - Johnson
The Negro and His Songs
Odum, Howard
Folk-song and Folk-poetry as Found in the Secular Songs of the Southern Negroes
Odum, Howard
Religious Folk-songs of the Southern Negroes
Ogumefu, M. I.
Yoruba Legends
Owen, Mary
Old Rabbit, the Voodoo, and Other Sorcerers
Owen, Mary
Ole Rabbit an' De Dawg He Stole [story]
Owens, William
Folklore of the Southern Negroes [article]
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Folklore From the Cape Verde Islands
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Folklore of the Antilles
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Folklore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina
Parsons, Elsie Clews
Folktales of Andros Island, Bahamas
Perkins, A. E.
Negro Spirituals From the Far South
Rattray, R. S.
Ashanti Proverbs
Rattray, R. S.
Maalam Shaihua's Hausa Folklore
Rattray, R. S.
Some Folklore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja
Sale, John B.
The Tree Named John
Samuelson, Levine
Some Zulu Customs and Folk-lore
Savory, Phyllis
Congo Fireside Tales
Savory, Phyllis
Zulu Fireside Tales
Schlenker, Christian Friedrich
A Collection of Temne Traditions, Fables and Proverbs
Schon, J. F. and C. H. Robinson
Magana Hausa; Hausa Stories and Fables
Smith, Edwin William
The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia
Smith, Pamela Colman
Annancy Stories
South African Folk-Lore Society
Folk-lore Journal of the South African Folk-lore Society [serial]
St. Lys, Odette
Folklore, Folktales and Proverbs From Southwest Africa
Stafford, A. O.
Animal Fables From the Dark Continent
Stanley, Henry M.
My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
Steere, Edward
Swahili Tales (as Told by Natives of Zanzibar)
Stigand, C. H.
Swahili Tales: Black Tales for White Children
Stoddard, Florence
As Old as the Moon: Cuban Legends — Folklore of the Antillas
Talbot, Percy
In the Shadow of the Bush (Ekoi)
Talley, Thomas
Negro Folk Rhymes
Theal, George
Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore
Thomas, W. H.
Some Current Folk-songs of the Negro
Torrend, J.
Likenesses of Moses' Story in the Central Africa Folk-lore
Torrend, J.
Specimens of Bantu Folklore
Tremearne, A. J. N.
Fables and Fairy Tales for Little Folk, or Uncle Remus in Hausaland
Tremearne, A. J. N.
Hausa Superstitions and Customs
Tremearne, A. J. N.
The Ban of the Bori; Demons and Demon-dancing in West and North Africa
Universities Mission
The Golden Ship and Other Swahili Tales
van Vorst, Bessie
Magda, Queen of Sheba
Vaughan, Arthur Owen
Old Hendrik's Tales
Waters, Donald
Strange Ways and Sweet Dreams : Afro-american Folklore From the Hampton Institute
Weeden, Howard
Songs of the Old South
Weeks, John
Congo Life and Jungle Stories
Werner, Alice
Myths and Legends of the Bantu
Werner, Alice
The Mythology of Africa.
Werner, Craig
A Change Is Gonna Come : Music, Race and the Soul of America
Wessmann, R.
The Bawenda of the Spelonken (Transvaal)
Wheeler, Post
The Golden Legend of Ethiopia
Whiting, Helen Adele
Negro Art, Music and Rhyme, for Young Folks
Wilkinson, Andrews
Plantation Stories of Old Louisiana
Work, Frederick
Folk Songs of the American Negro
Work, John Wesley
Folk Song of the American Negro
Wyndham, John
Myths of Ífè
Young, Martha
Behind the Dark Pines
Young, Martha
Plantation Bird Legends
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