For the 1935 film based on the book, see Little Black Sambo (film).
The Story of Little Black Sambo
1st edition cover, 1899
Author
Helen Bannerman
Illustrator
Helen Bannerman
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Children's literature
Publisher
Grant Richards, London
Publication date
1899
Media type
Print
The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, the story was popular for more than half a century.
Contemporary critics observed that Bannerman presented one of the first black heroes in children's literature and regarded the book as positively portraying black characters in both the text and pictures, especially in comparison to books of that era that depicted black people as simple and uncivilised.[1] However, it became an object of allegations of racism in the mid-20th century due to the names of the characters being racial slurs for dark-skinned people, and the fact that the illustrations were, as Langston Hughes expressed it, in the pickaninny style.[2] In more recent editions, both text and illustrations have undergone considerable revision.
^"Helen Bannerman on the Train to Kodaikanal". Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
^Jeyathurai, Dashini (4 April 2012). "The complicated racial politics of Little Black Sambo". South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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