A biography of the folklorist and novelist who recorded the traditional songs and stories of the people of Haiti, the Hopi Indians, and black communities in the South, connecting the African-American traditions to the cultures of Africa.
After being turned out by his greedy older brother, Hungbu and his family manage to prosper when his kindness to an injured sparrow is richly rewarded.
Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing, until her mother hears her song and knows that it is not the sack that is singing.