Wit and wisdom from West Africa
Subtitle: or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
Publisher: Negro Universities Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; mul
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Proverbs, African -- Africa, West; Maxims
Notes: Proverbs in the native tongue, with English translations.
Reprint of the 1865 ed.
Table of contents: title: Proverbs in the Wolof tongue.; title: Proverbs in the Kanuri tongue.; title: Proverbs in the Oji tongue.; title: Proverbs in the Ga or Accra language.; title: Proverbs in the Yoruba language.; title: Proverbs in the Efik, or Old Calabar language. Varia variorum.; title: Proverbial sayings and idioms in the Mpangwe (Fan) tongue. Miscellaneous phrases and expressions.