essay
Wolof proverbs
Verbal and visual expressions of Wolof culture • (22) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 110-140 leaves
By: Gamble, David P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document consists of a selection of proverbs collected by the author during his fieldwork among the Wolof, and supplemented with comparable data from the works of other authors. Gamble attempts to explain the meanings of the proverbs and the contexts in which they are typically used.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Interlinear translations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- David P. Gamble
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92181103
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)