In today’s episode, we discuss the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, with a focus on her as an anthropologist of black culture in the US South. I ask focus questions for this week's readings from Mules and Men and Tell My Horse.  

Here are links to the Library of Congress recordings featured in this episode:

"Crow Dance" (vocals with clapping) performed by Zora Neale Hurston at Federal Music Project Office, Jacksonville, Florida, on June 18, 1939.

https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000017/

"Halimuhfack" (vocals) performed by Zora Neale Hurston at Federal Music Project Office, Jacksonville, Florida, on June 18, 1939.

https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000014/