Wit and wisdom from West Africa

or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.

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Wit and wisdom from West Africa

or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.

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English
Pages
455

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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.

Edition Notes

Proverbs in the native tongue, with English translations.
Reprint of the 1865 ed.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.9/96
Library of Congress
PN6519.A6 B8 1969

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxx, 455 p.
Number of pages
455

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5686929M
Internet Archive
witandwisdomfro00burtgoog
ISBN 10
0837112784
LCCN
69018975
OCLC/WorldCat
23555

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