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Wit and wisdom from West Africa, or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
LIBRA PN6519.A6 B8 1969
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proverbs, African--Africa, West.
- Proverbs, African.
- West Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 455 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Negro Universities Press, [1969]
- Contents:
- Proverbs in the Wolof tongue.
- Proverbs in the Kanuri tongue.
- Proverbs in the Oji tongue.
- Proverbs in the Ga or Accra language.
- Proverbs in the Yoruba language.
- Proverbs in the Efik, or Old Calabar language. Varia variorum.
- Proverbial sayings and idioms in the Mpangwe (Fan) tongue. Miscellaneous phrases and expressions.
- Notes:
- Proverbs in the native tongue, with English translations.
- Reprint of the 1865 ed.
- OCLC:
- 23555
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