An edition of Wit and wisdom from West Africa: or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
(1969)
Wit and wisdom from West Africa
or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
by Richard Francis Burton
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Wit and wisdom from West Africa: or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
1969, Biblo and Tannen
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Wit and wisdom from West Africa: or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
1969, Negro Universities Press
in English
0837112784
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Table of 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.
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Proverbs in the native tongue, with English translations.
Reprint of the 1865 ed.
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