Wit & Wisdom of Africa: Proverbs from Africa & the Caribbean

"All over Africa, and throughout the African diaspora of the Caribbean and the United States, there is a rich and robust oral tradition of proverbs which has been lovingly collected by Patrick Ibekwe in this book." "With more than 4,000 proverbs, Wit & Wisdom of Africa is one of the largest selections of African proverbs ever published, uniting the traditions of the people of Africa with their cultural descendants in overseas communities. You'll find Ancient Egyptian sayings alongside modern Jamaican; Surinamese folk wisdom in counterpoint to Zulu; Yoruba proverbs paralleling those of Haiti."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Politics & Social Sciences

Ibekwe, Patrick

Anthropology

Africa World Pr

This is an anthology of traditional proverbs and wise-sayings from Africa and various countries of the African Diaspora including the Americas and the Caribbean Islands.

WIT & WISDOM

New Internationalist Publications

Nothing reveals so much about a culture as the folklore and collective wisdom of its proverbs. This robust tradition, at its richest in Africa, is reflected in this gift book.
Patrick Ibekwe, who was born in Nigeria, spent ten years assembling the material for his Wit and Wisdom of Africa, from which a selection of the best has been included in this Little Book.

The Little Book of African Wisdom

Religion & Spirituality

New Internationalist

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