Links to Other Useful Sites


  1. http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya
    "Traditional Music and Cultures of Kenya" Website by Jens Finke. Contains a very large collection of fables, legends, riddles and proverbs of 12 Kenyan Tribes (Ethnic Groups).

  2. http://www.cis.yale.edu/swahili/index.html
    Kamusi Project (Internet Living Swahili Dictionary). This online dictionary (Swahili-English and English-Swahili) contains various proverbs and sayings in the section "Swahili examples" and the "Swahili Discussion Forum" treats sayings on khangas, etc.

  3. http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/index.html
    "Proverb Resources" Website (including bilingual collections) with an excellent "Search" feature in different databases and proverbs collections. It states that the African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website is a "major multilingual site with list server and useful links."

  4. http://www.deproverbio.com
    "De Proverbio" Electronic Journal -- the world's first multilingual electronic publisher of proverb studies and collections based in Australia.

  5. http://www.deproverbio.com/DPjournal/PROVERBIUM/Proverbium.html
    "Proverbium:" Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship published annually by the University of Vermont, USA

  6. http://www.glcom.com/hassan/kanga.html
    "Kanga Writings." A list of sayings on the "khanga" (East African Cloth): Original Swahili, Literal English Translation and Most Common Meaning.

  7. http://www.glcom.com/hassan/kanga_history.html
    "History of Kanga." A short history of the "khanga" (East African Cloth) and a list of 26 uses.

  8. http://www.injil.org/TWOR/apB.html
    16 Wolof (Senegal) Proverbs that are printed as Appendix B in the book The Way of Righteousness by Paul Bramsen.

  9. http://www.kwani.org
    Kwani Trust are publishers of the groundbreaking journal of contemporary Kenyan writing, Kwani? and coordinators of Sunday Salon Nairobi ( http://www.sundaysalon.com/salon/nairobi.html) – a Prose Reading Series and Poetry Open Mic -- a Poetry Reading Series in Nairobi, Kenya.

  10. http://www.MaryknollAfrica.org
    Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Africa Region Website.

  11. http://www.mislinks.org
    MisLinks -- a web-based Missions Directory. Wheaton College, USA has a Web Page called "Links to Africa Research, Information, and News." It includes our African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website and a special link to our "African Proverb of the Month" Web Page.

  12. http://www.misna.org/eng/default.htm
    Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA) Website has a daily (Monday to Friday) African Proverb called "Today's Proverb."

  13. http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/proverbs.html
    MotherlandNigeria Website contains a wide selection of Nigerian Proverbs.

  14. http://parish-without-borders.net
    "Parish Without Borders" Website that has a useful "Africa Page" with many links.

  15. http://photo.net/sukuma/
    Sukuma Cultural Centre, Bujora, Mwanza, Tanzania: Contains information and research on the Sukuma people and culture collected over the last 40 years. A remarkable feat with excellent photographs and graphics.

  16. http://www.quietthoughts.com
    Quiet Thoughts Greeting Cards Website uses African Proverbs in different online cards. There are links to the printable African Proverbs Calendar by month and the Home Page (Front Page) of our website.

  17. http://www.quotationsbook.com
    This site has 43,061 quotations by 7,960 authors in 1,328 subjects. It also has 4,082 proverbs and 72,299 fortunes in 72 collections

  18. http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Africa.html
    "Ethnologue: Africa" with detailed information on several thousand languages in Africa.

  19. http://www.smallchristiancommunities.org
    Small Christian Communities Global Collaborative Website that has many connections to our African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories Website.

  20. http://www.storyworkshop.org
    Story Workshop is an educational media group creating entertainment for social change in Malawi.

  21. http://www.therootsofrhythm.com
    BereSanke Percussion -- a great resource for West African music & culture. With a page on African wisdom and African proverbs.
  22. http://www.motherhen.co.za/main.php

    Motherhen Education Celebrating Africa is an arts initiative aimed at raising awareness and funding for children in need in South Africa, by producing children's books that celebrate African culture and heritage.

     

     


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