Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI Search this
Type:
Articles
Date:
2005
Notes:
Abstract, page 59.
Appendices, pages 81-87.
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. Among such oral arts, the African proverbs have been facilitating the transmission of knowledge and conventions from generation to generation. This paper analyses the role of African proverbs in creating and perpetuating gendered culture. The author analysed the African sexiest proverbs within the post-modern theory of power relationships between social groups, and the role of language to mediate this relationship, to explore the implications of gender stereotypes. -- original abstract.
Topic:
Proverbs, African--History and criticism Search this
