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The document summarizes characteristics of African and African-American trickster stories. It discusses how some story types did not survive the transatlantic slave trade. While trickster tales in both cultures reflect hardship, the nature of privation in African-American stories reflects the injustice of slavery. It also describes elements of live storytelling performances and provides brief summaries of several example trickster stories.

Author

Kent Huffman

Language

EN