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American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. In 1934 she published her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, which was well received by critics for its portrayal of African American life uncluttered by stock figures or sentimentality. Mules and Men, a study of folkways among the African American population of Florida, followed in 1935. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), a novel, Tell My Horse (1938), a blend of travel writing and anthropology based on her investigations of voodoo in Haiti, and Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939), a novel, firmly established her as a major author.

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voodoo , florida , woman , africanamerican , writer , novelist , anthropologist , haiti , intellectual , harlem renaissance