African Proverbs and Wisdom : A Collection for Every Day of the Year from Twenty-Five African Nations

Stewart, Julia

ISBN 10: 0806518073 / ISBN 13: 9780806518077

Editore: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1997

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 5644685-6

Riassunto:

Over many centuries African people have offered the world an abundance of proverbs, fables, riddles, songs, and poetry. Since this wisdom is usually spread orally from generation to generation, portions are lost with each death. "When an elder dies," an African proverb says, "it is as if a whole library had burned down."
African Proverbs and Wisdom carries the reader on a journey of literary and cultural discovery across all regions of the continent. Readers will learn new phrases to pepper their language, like the West African proverb "Do not look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs." They will understand the torment of love as expressed in Swahili poems, and they will learn the wisdom of leaders and political thinkers.
Highly useful as a historical calendar, this collection provides a reflective and browsable commemoration of African Culture.

Product Description: Book by Stewart Julia

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Titolo: African Proverbs and Wisdom : A Collection ...
Casa editrice: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Brossura
Illustratore: Schaffer, Todd H.
Condizione: Good
Edizione: 0th Edition.