Author:Alfred Burdon Ellis

Alfred Burdon Ellis
(1852–1894)

Military officer and author, listed as a Colonel and a Major of the 1st West India Regiment.

  • The Land of Fetish (transcription project)
  • The Yoruba-speaking Peoples, 1894
  • The Ewe-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
  • On Vodu Worship
  • West African Folklore
  • Some West African Prototypes of the Uncle Remus Stories
  • On the Origin of Weeks and Sabbaths
  • The History of the First West India Regiment (1885)
  • West African Islands (1885)
  • South African Sketches
  • The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language (1887)


Articles about Ellis

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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