Every Tongue Got to Confess

<p><strong>A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition community and faith...splendidly vivid and true.--New York Times</strong></p><p>Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.</p><p>The bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God the Devil White Folk and Mistaken Identity to witty one-linersreveal attitudes about faith love family slavery race and community. Together this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates the African American life in the rural South and represent a major part of Zora Neale Hurstons literary legacy.</p>