Fulani proverbs
Appearance
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Fulani proverbs contain the folk wisdom of the Fulani people, expressed in their traditional sayings such as munyal deefan hayre ("patience can cook a stone").
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Patterson 1959, p. 186.
Sources
[edit]- Arnott, D. W. (1957), "Proverbial Lore and Word-Play of the Fulani", Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 27 (4), Cambridge University Press: 379–396, doi:10.2307/1156219, JSTOR 1156219
- Gaden, Henri (1931), Proverbes et maximes peuls et toucouleurs traduits, expliqués et annotés, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie
- Leger, R. and Mohammad, A.B., 2000. The concept of Pulaaku mirrored in Fulfulde proverbs of the Gombe dialect. Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268, pp.299-306.
- Patterson, Sheila (1959), "The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu by Edward Hopen", African Affairs, 58 (231), Oxford University Press: 186–188, doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094647, JSTOR 719393
- Whitting, C. E. J. (1940), Hausa and Fulani Proverbs, Lagos Government Printer