Word as Nourishment: Mandinka Proverbs of Senegambia
Using Mandinka ʿAjamī sources, the article explores the meaning, purpose, and usefulness of proverbs among the Mandinka people of Casamance, Senegal and The Gambia who speak the variety known as Western Mandinka. Proverbs are by nature vehicles for the transmission of moral, ethical, and philosophic...
| Subtitles: | Ajami Literacies of Africa, Part 2 |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Islamic Africa
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-12 |
| Further subjects: | B
Senegambia
B Proverbs B History B Culture B Mandinka ʿAjamī B Western Mandinka |
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