African Proverbs

African Proverbs
Author: Gerd de Ley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1999
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

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.

African Proverbs for All Ages

African Proverbs for All Ages
Author: Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250863627

African Proverbs for All Ages is a beautifully-illustrated, engaging picture book about the power of proverbs, how they evolve over time, and the wisdom of various cultures in Africa. It has been said that a proverb is a short sentence based on long experience. Whether you are young or old, proverbs can open your mind to a whole new way of seeing the world. We underestimate children when we assume they are incapable of understanding metaphor and deeper meaning. There are multiple ways that children learn, but for each method by which they learn, they need their imagination engaged and their visual sensibilities ignited. And as adults, we underestimate ourselves when we allow our lives to be about practical matters only. Proverbs can stir our soul and spark our imagination. --Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Ph.D. President Emerita of Spelman and Bennett Colleges In African Proverbs for All Ages, noted anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnetta Betsch Cole and award-winning illustrator Nelda LaTeef invite children and adults to explore and reflect on complex notions about relationships, identity, society, and the human condition. A Roaring Brook Press and Oprah Book

Oral Literature in Africa

Oral Literature in Africa
Author: Ruth Finnegan
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 614
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1906924708

Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Author: Walter Rodney
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788731190

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodney makes the unflinching case that African maldevelopment is not a natural feature of geography, but a direct product of imperial extraction from the continent, a practice that continues up into the present. Meticulously researched, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa remains an unshakably relevant study of the so-called "great divergence" between Africa and Europe, just as it remains a prescient resource for grasping the the multiplication of global inequality today. In this new edition, Angela Davis offers a striking foreword to the book, exploring its lasting contributions to a revolutionary and feminist practice of anti-imperialism.

Matrix of African Proverbs

Matrix of African Proverbs
Author: Muata Ashby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781884564772

A matrix is a foundation upon which something is created. It is also a framework or structure that a construction can be based upon. The matrix is a guide. The question is what are the ideas and principles that African culture and society has been based on from time immemorial? In terms of African society and civilization the matrix is proverbial wisdom teachings. African proverbial wisdom teachings are aphorisms that may be found from ancient to modern times that contain a uniquely African perspective on life, social organization and spiritual existence that has been refined and encapsulated over generations. African proverbial wisdom teachings contain the guiding principles that were used by ancient African societies and which can still be found in use throughout Africa for the transference of wisdom containing a code for the architecture of a well ordered society and also for personal material and spiritual fulfillment. This volume is dedicated to outlining those principles embedded in African Proverbial Wisdom teachings for those who want to recapture the innate African acumen for creating political and economic well-being and spiritual connection to the universe.

I Am a Girl from Africa

I Am a Girl from Africa
Author: Elizabeth Nyamayaro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982113014

"The inspiring journey of a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that changed the world"--

If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together. African Proverb

If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together. African Proverb
Author: Victoria Odoi-Atsem
Publisher: Inspirational Quote Journal
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781719922555

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. AFRICAN PROVERB This journal features 50 African proverbs to inspire and guild you. This journal is great for note-taking, setting goals or life plans, and writing down your thoughts and dreams. 100 page, lined 5x8 Journal with African proverbs on every other page.

African-American Proverbs in Context

African-American Proverbs in Context
Author: Anand Prahlad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

A ground breaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present.