Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Under the rubric spirituals are subsumed sorrow songs, jubilee songs, shout songs, chants, homilies, mantras, affirmations, and collective, personal, and histor

Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all wer

This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.

Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and John Henry, and gives words and music for

A stunning, illustrated celebration of the African-American spiritual--a tradition born in slavery that gave rise to some of the most powerful poetry ever compo