Today's free book is Songs and tales from the dark continent, recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango and Madikane Cele by Natalie Curtis Burlin (1920). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
You can read more about Natalie Curtis and her work as an ethnomusicologist at Wikipedia. The songs and stories in this book come from the Ndau people of eastern Africa and the Zulu people of southern Africa.
The book is available at Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
African Proverbs
Beliefs and Customs of the Ndau Tribe
Mate'ka : Song of the Rain Ceremony
Manth'ki : Spirit-Song
Lumbo rlo ludo : Love-Song
Mafuve : Dance of Girls
Children's Songs
(I) Mu-to-to-li'le (Drip-Drop the Rain)
(II) Cha-Kom'ba-Kom'ba (Hopping Song)
(III) Mufi'li, Zu'ma-Zu'ma (Drying Song)
Laboring Song
Laboring Chant
Pwi'ta : Dance-Song
NthoKo'do : Dance-Song
Kufa'mba : Mocking-Song
Chili'lo : Lament
Folk-Tales
(I) The Hare and the Tortoise
(II) The Hare and the Baboon
(III) How the Animals Dug Their Well
(IV) The Jackal and the Rooster
(V) Death of the Hare
Legend and Song of the Daughter and the Slave
Legend and Song of the Sky-Maiden
Songs and Tales of the Zulu Tribe:
Igama Lempi : Song of War
Igama La Bantwana : Song of Children
Dance Songs
Zulu Love Songs, or Songs of Meditation
Creation Story
