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Tamed identities? Glimpsing her identity in Proverbs 10:1–22:16 and selected African proverbs
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 Notions about worthy womanhood are shaped to a large extent by the cultural contexts in which they are constructed. In the global village though, shaped as it is mainly by Eurocentric cultures, it would be presumptuous to assume that one can with ...
Madipoane Masenya
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Ancient Israelite and African proverbs as advice, reproach, warning, encouragement and explanation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 With few exceptions, the majority of biblical scholars (Euroamericans and Africans) concentrate on comparing ancient Israelite proverbs with the so-called ancient Near Eastern proverbs.
David T. Adamo
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The role of African proverbs in advancing information systems research
, 2021 Despite the richness of African proverbs, they have been muted in information systems (IS) research. This explicitly contributes to the lag in developing information systems and technology solutions for African people by African researchers in African ...
Iyamu, Tiko
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A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Selected African- American Women Proverbs
آداب الكوفة, 2021 The status of women has witnessed remarkable shifts in European and American history. These changes did not take one form or similar directions, but rather they differed from one place to another and from one civilization to another.
Qasim Al-Azzawi, Afaf Salih
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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THE SOCIAL AND ETHNO-CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY IN AFRICAN PROVERBS [PDF]
, 2005 Africa is a continent known for its rich oral arts. Proverbs are the most widely and commonly used in the continent's long-standing tradition of oral arts.
HUSSEIN, Jeylan W.
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Acta Academica, 2021 This lecture explores what we could learn about being and becoming African as a permanent work in progress from how Chinua Achebe adopts and adapts Igbo proverbs in his writing.
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
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"The Horse on which Words Ride": Proverbial Narrative in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt
Yoruba Studies Review, 2021 Literature and oral tradition share a symbiotic relationship. Toyin Faiola the author of A Mouth Sweeter than Salt has produced a highly engaging memoir. The text is set in Ibadan, Ode Aje and Ilorin. We find a rich and knowledgeable exploitation of oral
Felicia Ohwovoriole
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Fon-Sprichwörter aus Benin über Weiße. Ein Forschungsbericht [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in WrocławBeyond the fact that oral literature is poetry, it is the reflection of the society from which it comes or in which it originates. It is place-based and reflects, among other things, the psychology and mentality of its place of origin. In collecting West
Sewanou Jupiter Martial Lanmadousselo
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Social Sciences, 2020 Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world.
Charles Gyan +2 more
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