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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Proverbs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019783161

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Wit And Wisdom From West Africa: Or, A Book Of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, And Laconisms

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015950124

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Wit and Wisdom From West Africa

Author : Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0259462527

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Excerpt from Wit and Wisdom From West Africa: Or a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms As regards the African tongues, too much labour has hitherto been lavished upon the edits and portals which lead to the temple of knowledge. Sir William Jones, in the last century, made the same complaint touching Asiatic dialects. The true expression of the national spirit, containing the secrets of a race's mental organisa tion, and revealing the origin of customs long for gotten, is not to be sought in accidence or in vocabulary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Wit and Wisdom from West Africa; Or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms

Author : Richard Francis Burton, Sir
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1358193673

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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa

Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 0837112788

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Wit and Wisdom from West Afric

Author : Richard Francis Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104584697

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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Proverbs
ISBN : HARVARD:HWTQ8L

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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa; Or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. Comp. by Richard F. Burton ...

Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890, comp)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:880744772

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The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs

Author : Harold V. Cordry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476607351

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The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs by Harold V. Cordry Pdf

All cultures have proverbs that capsulize subjects simply and effectively. Many of these are cross-cultural. For example, according to a Danish proverb, “The greater the fear, the nearer the danger,” while a Latin proverb says, “The less there is of fear, the less there is danger.” This work includes over 20,000 proverbs from more than 120 languages, nationalities and ethnic groups. The proverbs are arranged under 1,300 headings (e.g., accidents, divided loyalty, marriage, prosperity, shame), and each includes the nationality, group or language in which it originated. Comprehensive keyword and subject indexes allow access to the material in multiple ways.

Lifelines

Author : Askhari Johnson Hodari,Yvonne McCalla Sobers
Publisher : Broadway Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307589200

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Lifelines by Askhari Johnson Hodari,Yvonne McCalla Sobers Pdf

This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is a book to be read, absorbed and treasured.—Pearl Cleage, New York Times best selling author of What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day This illustrated treasury of proverbs unites the timeless wisdom of Black communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, while speaking to the triumphs and challenges of everyday life. Lifelines: The Black book of Proverbs travels to all corners of the globe to reclaim and preserve African wisdom. This book offers the remarkably wise heart of Africa and her children to readers experiencing career changes, new births, weddings, death, and other rites of passage. Readers will find truth in the African saying, “When the occasion arises, there is a proverb to suit it.” Proverbs are presented in vibrant story-poem form; and are uniquely arranged by key life cycle events such as birth, initiation, marriage, and death. The proverbs can be found under themes such as “wealth”, “parenting”, “change” and “strength.” Inspired illustrations introduce each section along with beautiful vignettes showing how African proverbs comfort, inspire and instruct during different phases of life. Lifelines illuminates how traditions, civilization and spirit survive and thrive, despite centuries of loss of freedom, family, identity, language, land, and wealth. The proverbs offer wisdom for every stage of our lives. Collected in one place as never before, it is the perfect addition to the book shelves of families large and small, from Nairobi to New Orleans and every city in between. From Birth: Every cackling hen was an egg at first. -Rwanda to Marriage: A woman's clothes are the price her husband pays for peace. -Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa (Bantu) and Elderhood: Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down. -West Africa as well as every stage of life in between, the proverbs found in Lifelines offer the guidance and wisdom to last a life time. Unlike other collections of proverbs, Lifelines hews closely to the cycle of life and draws inspiration from the authors combined 110 years of experience. Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers have set out to let their proverbs both tell a story and stand alone. So whether you flip it open to a random page, read it through from start to finish, or go searching for a proverb to match your unique circumstance, you’ll find just the right lifeline to provide the comfort and guidance you’re looking for. From the Hardcover edition.

Bibliography of Nigeria

Author : Nduntuei O. Ita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429749223

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Bibliography of Nigeria by Nduntuei O. Ita Pdf

First published in 1971, this major bibliography devoted to Africa’s most populous country – Nigeria – is therefore a timely contribution which must be welcomed by all. The Bibliography of Nigeria contains over 5,400 entries in archaeology, all branches of anthropology, linguistic and relevant historical and sociological studies. Many of the entries carry indicative or informative annotations which have greatly enhanced the usefulness of the work. The history and culture of Africa constitutes a rich area of study and research which is attracting an ever-increasing number of scholars the world over. The new impetus which African studies is receiving in the major centre of learning today has added urgency to the long-neglected problem of bibliographical control of the vast literature. The dearth of bibliographies in the field of African studies has been a main source of frustration to all those working in this area. The book is divided into two parts: part one deals with Nigeria as a whole, and lists general works or those concerned with several regions or several ethnic groups. Part two is devoted to the various ethnic groups. An analytical table of contents, a comprehensive ethnic index, an author index and an index of Islamic studies, together with generous cross-referencing, ensure ready and easy location of individual entries.

The Smell of Slavery

Author : Andrew Kettler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108490733

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The Smell of Slavery by Andrew Kettler Pdf

Slavery, capitalism, and colonialism were understood as racially justified through false olfactory perceptions of African bodies throughout the Atlantic World.

Dictionary of European Proverbs

Author : Emanuel Strauss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2050 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134864614

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Dictionary of European Proverbs by Emanuel Strauss Pdf

This Dictionary contains over 50,000 proverbs, in some 70 European languages and dialects, arranged in 2,500 sets. It is the fruits of over 40 years of collection and research, the only collection of proverbs on anything like this scale ever to be published anywhere in the world. Emanuel Strauss has trawled through innumerable collections of proverbs in all languages, from early printed books and rare items to the latest theses and journals, and grouped together many thousands of proverbs in sets of equivalent meaning. Comprehensive indexes for each language provide access to any proverb by way of its key words. A critical bibliography musters some 500 items, from incunabula to the current decade.

Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1826 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCLA:L0063458277

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