Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Proverbs
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Wit and Wisdom from West Africa
Author: African Proverbs
Author: Gerd de LeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This extensive collection of 1755 proverbs spans all regions of the African continent, revealing much about the wisdom, humour, and character of its people and culture. Each proverb is arranged alphabetically by key words and includes the country, province, or tribe of origin. Charmingly illustrated with traditional African art from museums and collections around the world.
Wit & Wisdom of Africa
Author: Patrick IbekwePublisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN: 9780865437241
Category : Proverbs, African
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wit & Wisdom of Africa
Author: Patrick IbekwePublisher:
ISBN: 9781872142401
Category : Proverbs, African
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Wit and Wisdom of Africa
Author: Patrick IbekwePublisher:
ISBN: 9781869847593
Category : Proverbs, African
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
An Anthology of Black Folk Wit, Wisdom, and Sayings
Author: Ariel BooksPublisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780836230642
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collected from Africa and the Americas, these proverbs remain as relevant nowas they were generations ago.
Women's Wit and Wisdom: A Book Of Quotations
Author: Susan L. RattinerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111857
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Over 400 memorable quotes from the last 2,500 years by Sappho, Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Erma Bombeck, Oprah Winfrey, and many others. A delight!
Wit and Wisdom from West Africa
Author: The Little Book of African Wisdom
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906523206
Category : Proverbs, African
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The wit and wisdom of Africa has been distilled into this handy little book of proverbs. Nothing reveals quite as much about a culture as the folklore and collective wisdom of its proverbs. This robust tradition, at its richest in Africa, is reflected in this treasurable gift book.
Of Africa
Author: Wole SoyinkaPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300189028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, Wole Soyinka has witnessed the promise of independence and lived through postcolonial failure. He deeply comprehends the pressing problems of Africa, and, an irrepressible essayist and a staunch critic of the oppressive boot, he unhesitatingly speaks out.In this magnificent new work, Soyinka offers a wide-ranging inquiry into Africa's culture, religion, history, imagination, and identity. He seeks to understand how the continent's history is entwined with the histories of others, while exploring Africa's truest assets: "its humanity, the quality and valuation of its own existence, and modes of managing its environment—both physical and intangible (which includes the spiritual)."Fully grasping the extent of Africa's most challenging issues, Soyinka nevertheless refuses defeatism. With eloquence he analyzes problems ranging from the meaning of the past to the threat of theocracy. He asks hard questions about racial attitudes, inter-ethnic and religious violence, the viability of nations whose boundaries were laid out by outsiders, African identity on the continent and among displaced Africans, and more. Soyinka's exploration of Africa relocates the continent in the reader's imagination and maps a course toward an African future of peace and affirmation.
