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Sep 18, 1908 — Mar 15, 1996· 87 yrs

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Harold Courlander

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Harold Courlander (September 18, 1908 – March 15, 1996) was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa.

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Between the Sahara in the north and the treed steppes of the Sudan to the south of it, between the Senegal in the west and the Nile in the east, there lies a strip of grassland which would provide scant fare for pampered European stock, but which is considered a fine grazing ground by the Arabs.

— from A Treasury of African Folklore, 2002

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The fourth world of the Hopis

1971

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A collection of twenty legends of the Hopi people, originating in the different tribes and relating tales of journeys, wars, heroic deeds, and tribal heroes.

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A Treasury of African Folklore

2002

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Olode the hunter, and other tales from Nigeria

1968

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Twenty-nine stories from the people of Nigeria that tell, among other things, why the lizard sometimes lives in a house and about the man who found death in happiness.

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