African Proverbs and Sayings Literature
African Proverbs and Sayings Literature
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 - Africa based site with extensive collection of proverbs in various languages with explanations, book reviews, bibliography.
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- Gambian and other African proverbs from The Gambia Resource Page.
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- Article by Hassan Ali on the proverbs and messages expressed by the patterns on kanga cloth.
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- Swahili proverbs with English translations and explanations, with an introduction.
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- Nearly 400 Swahili proverbs with English translation, from mwambao.com.
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- Small collection, presented by The Life in Africa Foundation (in English).
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- Large number of proverbs from or popular in Nigeria (in English).
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- More than a hundred proverbs (in English), compiled by M. Worku.
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- A list of Kiswahili proverbs with searching and comments options.
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- Goldweights symbolizing proverbs.
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- Small collection in Kiswahili with English translation.
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- About forty proverbs compiled by musician Kane Mathis.
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- A discussion by Jayalakshmi V. Rao.
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