The book draws from over 300 language groups to present 3001 carefully selected proverbs, many of which have never been documented or translated into English before. 243pp. NIGERIA, 9782814032

1993 Paperback

A collection of hundred of proverbs from all parts of Africa. The proverbs are organised by themes such as caution, home, teaching, poverty and forgiveness. 150pp, UK. KARNAK HOUSE.

1989 0907015395 Paperback

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A collection of 2,000 proverbs originating in various African cultures, organised alphabetically. BNS, 183pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOK.

Presents 1500 proverbs of the Oromo people, offering a glimpse of their unique world view and humour. Each proverb is in Oromo with an English translation and example of usage. Volume One in the African Proverbs series. Index, bib, 256pp, NIGERIA. DAYSTAR.

Detailed readings of the meanings of Jamaican proverbs, setting many of them into historical context illuminating the African origins of many. B/w ill, index, 309pp, UK. BLUE MOUNTAIN MEDIA

New in paperback. This irresistible book provides revealing insights into the female condition across centuries and continents. Mineke Schipper discovered surprisingly more similarities than differences in thousands of proverbs about women, originating from hundreds of languages and more than 150 countries. Those vivid and earthy proverbs reflect women’s phases of life: from girl to bride, to wife or co-wife; from mother to mother-in-law, widow and grandmother. This is an intriguing cross-cultural history of humanity and its often bewildering views of men and women. 352pp, NETHERLANDS. AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A collection of African proverbs, by and about women revealing complex and ancient roots of modern attitudes towards women. Bib, sources, map, 97pp, UK. ALLISON AND BUSBY, 0850318637

1821 proverbs collated from 4 previous publications of Gikuyu proverbs. Index, 238pp, KENYA. PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA.

2001 9966216219 Paperback

Proverbs and their meanings. Annotated bib, 469pp, MALAWI. KACHERE SERIES.

With more than 4,000 proverbs, claims to be one of the largest selections ever published. Includes ancient Egyptian sayings with modern Jamaican; Surinamese and Zulu, Yoruba and Haiti. B/w illus, 209pp, UK. WORLDVIEW.

A collection of proverbs and sayings described as a modest effort to share with the outside world the wit and wisdom of Ethiopia, which is too good to be kept bottled up in the native language of one land. 136pp, USA. TSEHAI PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, 0972317201

A collection of proverbs spanning the continent. Themes include, exile, love, fidelity, and motherhood. 94pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SPEARHEAD.

The selection of 90 Xhosa proverbs appear in the original language, with literal English translations, followed by an explanation of the meaning of the proverb, and where possible an English equivalent. 53pp, illus: linocuts, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.