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Narrow Results By: Language English ( 6 ) Tswana ( 4 ) Swahili ( 3 ) Altaic ( 2 ) Chinese ( 2 ) Dawida ( 2 ) Kigiryama ( 2 ) Manchu ( 2 ) Mongolian ( 2 ) Arabic ( 1 ) Show More >> Creator Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( 4 ) Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( 3 ) [s.n.] ( 2 ) Amir Al-Mu'minin 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib ( 1 ) Bourne, E. (Edmond) ( 1 ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( 1 ) Hembala, Hugo ( 1 ) Merrick, George ( 1 ) Ruskin, E. A. (Edward Algernon), 1871-1943 ( 1 ) ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 ( 1 ) Show More >> Publisher Kü göve se löng fü se qoyar söm-e-dü Mongġol Kitad qudaldudaġ siyoo oboġtu ( 2 ) [manuscript] ( 2 ) 護國寺隆福寺書攤蕭姓 ( 2 ) Billing and Sons, Limited ( 1 ) British and Foreign Bible Society ( 1 ) Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner ( 1 ) Subject: Topic Proverbs ( 9 ) Ababhali ( 3 ) African diaspora ( 3 ) Afrika -- Suid-Afrika ( 3 ) Afrika -- eMzantsi Afrika ( 3 ) Afrikaanse diaspora ( 3 ) Anti-apartheid movements ( 3 ) Anti-apartheidsbewegings ( 3 ) Anti-colonialism ( 3 ) Anti-kolonialisme ( 3 ) Show More >> Subject: Geographic Area Africa ( 13 ) Kenya ( 4 ) Mombasa ( 3 ) Asia ( 2 ) Botswana ( 2 ) Swahili Coast ( 2 ) Bongandanga ( 1 ) Congo (Kinshasa) ( 1 ) Malaysia ( 1 ) Negeri Sembilan ( 1 ) Show More >> Subject: Genre Translation ( 2 ) Hadithi ( 1 ) Literature ( 1 ) Notes ( 1 ) Nyimbo ( 1 ) Records (Documents) ( 1 ) Shairi ( 1 ) Shayari ( 1 ) Stories ( 1 ) Wimbo ( 1 ) Show More >>	1 Proverbs, fables, similes and sayings of the Bamongo : Translated and explained, giving the nearest equivalent in English Creator: Ruskin, E. A. (Edward Algernon), 1871-1943 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1897 Type: Book Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: SOAS, University of London Subject Keyword: Proverbs, Bantu Mongo-Nkundu language -- Texts Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Congo (Kinshasa) -- Mongala -- Bongandanga Language: Bantu (other) Mongo-Nkundu 2 Hausa proverbs Creator: Merrick, George ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1905 Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner Type: Book Source Institution: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: Hausa Language Yaren Hausa Hausa (African people) Hausa (Mutanen Afirka) Hausa (African people) -- Proverbs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- West Africa Language: English Hausa 3 Na Hagore Koiliu Creator: Bourne, E. (Edmond) ( Author, Primary ) Hembala, Hugo ( Author, Secondary ) Publication Date: 1923 Publisher: British and Foreign Bible Society ( London ) Type: Book Format: 83 p. ; 17 cm Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: SOAS University of London Donor: Bourne, E. (Edmond) Subject Keyword: Bugotu language -- Texts Bible. Proverbs. Bugotu Spatial Coverage: Oceania -- Solomon Islands -- Isabel Province -- Santa Isabel Island Genre: reader Language: Austronesian (Other) Bugotu 4 Photocopy of additional Sechuana proverbs (unpublished) with English translations Publisher: manuscript Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Special Collections Subject Keyword: Proverbs, Tswana Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Botswana Language: English Tswana 5 Newspapers - S.T. Plaatje Publisher: manuscript Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Special Collections Subject Keyword: Proverbs, Tswana Mahoko a Bechwana Bechuana News Tswana newspapers Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Botswana Language: English 6 Kikulacho ni Nguoni Mwako (MS 193290e) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Short stories Proverbs Oral literature Oral tradition in literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Stories Hadithi Literature (LCTGM) Language: Swahili 7 Literary and historical Notes (MS 53503e) Creator: [s.n.] Publication Date: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili Literature Swahili poetry Songs Oral history Yao proverbs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast Genre: Notes Records (Documents) (LCGFT) 8 Giryama proverbs (MS 198870a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Giryama language Giryama language -- Spoken Giryama Proverbs Wagiriama (lugha ) Giryama language -- Vocabulary Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa Genre: Translation Language: Kigiryama 9 African Aphorisms (MS 47752a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1891 AD (1309 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Aphorisms Proverbs Swahili oral literature Oral literature Giryama oral literature Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Translation Language: Dawida Kigiryama 10 Taylor’s diary and Swahili proverbs. Muyaka poems : MS 47757a Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor ) Publication Date: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Swahili songs Proverbs Travel diary Notebooks Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Language: Dawida Swahili 11 Swahili Tales-Vol. I (MS 54341a) Creator: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.) Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: Swahili poetry Oral literature Riddles Proverbs Songs Spatial Coverage: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa Genre: Shairi Wimbo Shayari Nyimbo Language: Swahili 12 [Negeri Sembilan customary sayings] Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Donor: Winstedt, Sir Richard Olaf (1878-1966) Knight Colonial Administrator Orientalist Subject Keyword: Proverbs, Malay Peribahasa Melayu Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan Language: Malay 13 Ġurban jüil-ün üge-ber qabsuruġsan neretü erdemten-ü quriyaġsan bic̆ig Publication Date: 光绪巳卯 = C̆ing ulus-un badaraġultu törö-yin tabuduġar on = 1879 Publisher: 護國寺隆福寺書攤蕭姓 ( 京都 ) Kü göve se löng fü se qoyar söm-e-dü Mongġol Kitad qudaldudaġ siyoo oboġtu ( Ging dü ) Type: Book Format: 2 volumes ; 24 cm Edition: 刻本 = Modon bar Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: 經部 -- 小學類 Jing bu -- Xiao xue lei Proverbs, Chinese Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Japan -- Kansai Region -- Kyoto Prefecture -- Kyoto アジア -- 日本 -- 関西地方 -- 京都府 -- 京都市亞洲 - 日本 - 關西地區 - 京都府 - 京都市亚洲 - 日本 - 关西地区 - 京都府 - 京都市 Asia -- China Language: Manchu Chinese Altaic Mongolian 14 Ġurban jüil-ün üge-ber qabsuruġsan neretü erdemten-ü quriyaġsan bic̆ig Publisher: 護國寺隆福寺書攤蕭姓 ( 京都 ) Kü göve se löng fü se qoyar söm-e-dü Mongġol Kitad qudaldudaġ siyoo oboġtu ( Ging dü ) Type: Book Format: 2 volumes ; 24 cm Edition: 刻本 = Modon bar Source Institution: SOAS University of London Holding Location: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: 經部 -- 小學類 Jing bu -- Xiao xue lei Proverbs, Chinese Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Japan -- Kansai Region -- Kyoto Prefecture -- Kyoto アジア -- 日本 -- 関西地方 -- 京都府 -- 京都市亞洲 - 日本 - 關西地區 - 京都府 - 京都市亚洲 - 日本 - 关西地区 - 京都府 - 京都市 Asia -- China Language: Manchu Chinese Altaic Mongolian 15 Maxims of ‘Alī Creator: علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 23 ق. هـ.-40 هـ ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 ( contributor ) Amir Al-Mu'minin 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib ( contributor ) Publication Date: 1753-1754 CE Type: Artifact Source Institution: SOAS, University of London Holding Location: Archives and Special Collections Subject Keyword: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 Proverbs Aphorisms and apothegms Maxims Ali bin Ebu Talib, Halife, yaklaşık 600-661 Spatial Coverage: Asia -- Turkey Language: Arabic 16 Note book containing press cuttings on life in South Africa, on segregation, native pass laws and related topics Creator: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d.] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: Journalists Politicians Authors Bantu languages Tswana language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- South Africa Language: English Tswana 17 Note book containing notes for Sechuana proverbs and their European equivalents Creator: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: [n.d. - pre 1916] Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: Journalists Politicians Authors Bantu languages Tswana language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- South Africa Language: English Tswana French German Latin 18 Collection of assorted press cuttings on Plaatje's death, obituaries etc. Creator: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary ) Publication Date: 1932-1933 Type: Mixed Material Source Institution: SOAS University of London Subject Keyword: Journalists Politicians Authors Bantu languages Tswana language Spatial Coverage: Africa -- South Africa Language: English Tswana

Proverbs, fables, similes and sayings of the Bamongo : Translated and explained, giving the nearest equivalent in English

Creator:: Ruskin, E. A. (Edward Algernon), 1871-1943 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1897
Type:: Book
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS, University of London
Subject Keyword:: Proverbs, Bantu; Mongo-Nkundu language -- Texts
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Congo (Kinshasa) -- Mongala -- Bongandanga
Language:: Bantu (other); Mongo-Nkundu

Hausa proverbs

Creator:: Merrick, George ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1905
Publisher:: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
Type:: Book
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Hausa Language; Yaren Hausa; Hausa (African people); Hausa (Mutanen Afirka); Hausa (African people) -- Proverbs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- West Africa
Language:: English; Hausa

Na Hagore Koiliu

Creator:: Bourne, E. (Edmond) ( Author, Primary ); Hembala, Hugo ( Author, Secondary )
Publication Date:: 1923
Publisher:: British and Foreign Bible Society ( London )
Type:: Book
Format:: 83 p. ; 17 cm
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Donor:: Bourne, E. (Edmond)
Subject Keyword:: Bugotu language -- Texts; Bible. Proverbs. Bugotu
Spatial Coverage:: Oceania -- Solomon Islands -- Isabel Province -- Santa Isabel Island
Genre:: reader
Language:: Austronesian (Other); Bugotu

Photocopy of additional Sechuana proverbs (unpublished) with English translations

Publisher:: manuscript
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Proverbs, Tswana
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Botswana
Language:: English; Tswana

Newspapers - S.T. Plaatje

Publisher:: manuscript
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Proverbs, Tswana; Mahoko a Bechwana; Bechuana News; Tswana newspapers
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Botswana
Language:: English

Kikulacho ni Nguoni Mwako (MS 193290e)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Short stories; Proverbs; Oral literature; Oral tradition in literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Stories; Hadithi; Literature (LCTGM)
Language:: Swahili

Literary and historical Notes (MS 53503e)

Creator:: [s.n.]
Publication Date:: circa 1930 AD (circa 1349 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili Literature; Swahili poetry; Songs; Oral history; Yao proverbs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Swahili Coast
Genre:: Notes; Records (Documents) (LCGFT)

Giryama proverbs (MS 198870a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Giryama language; Giryama language -- Spoken Giryama; Proverbs; Wagiriama (lugha ); Giryama language -- Vocabulary
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Eastern Africa
Genre:: Translation
Language:: Kigiryama

African Aphorisms (MS 47752a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1891 AD (1309 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Aphorisms; Proverbs; Swahili oral literature; Oral literature; Giryama oral literature
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Translation
Language:: Dawida; Kigiryama

Taylor’s diary and Swahili proverbs. Muyaka poems : MS 47757a

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary ); Ghassaniy, Muyaka bin Haji, approximately 1776-1840 ( contributor )
Publication Date:: circa 1880 AD (circa 1297 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Swahili songs; Proverbs; Travel diary; Notebooks
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Language:: Dawida; Swahili

Swahili Tales-Vol. I (MS 54341a)

Creator:: Taylor, W. E. (William Ernest), 1856-1927 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: circa 1890 AD (circa 1307 A.H.)
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: Swahili poetry; Oral literature; Riddles; Proverbs; Songs
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- Kenya -- Mombasa County -- Eastern Africa -- Mombasa
Genre:: Shairi; Wimbo; Shayari; Nyimbo
Language:: Swahili

[Negeri Sembilan customary sayings]

Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Donor:: Winstedt, Sir Richard Olaf (1878-1966) Knight Colonial Administrator Orientalist
Subject Keyword:: Proverbs, Malay; Peribahasa Melayu
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan
Language:: Malay

Ġurban jüil-ün üge-ber qabsuruġsan neretü erdemten-ü quriyaġsan bic̆ig

Publication Date:: 光绪巳卯 = C̆ing ulus-un badaraġultu törö-yin tabuduġar on = 1879
Publisher:: 護國寺隆福寺書攤蕭姓 ( 京都 ); Kü göve se löng fü se qoyar söm-e-dü Mongġol Kitad qudaldudaġ siyoo oboġtu ( Ging dü )
Type:: Book
Format:: 2 volumes ; 24 cm
Edition:: 刻本 = Modon bar
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: 經部 -- 小學類; Jing bu -- Xiao xue lei; Proverbs, Chinese
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Japan -- Kansai Region -- Kyoto Prefecture -- Kyoto; アジア -- 日本 -- 関西地方 -- 京都府 -- 京都市; 亞洲 - 日本 - 關西地區 - 京都府 - 京都市; 亚洲 - 日本 - 关西地区 - 京都府 - 京都市; Asia -- China
Language:: Manchu; Chinese; Altaic; Mongolian

Ġurban jüil-ün üge-ber qabsuruġsan neretü erdemten-ü quriyaġsan bic̆ig

Publisher:: 護國寺隆福寺書攤蕭姓 ( 京都 ); Kü göve se löng fü se qoyar söm-e-dü Mongġol Kitad qudaldudaġ siyoo oboġtu ( Ging dü )
Type:: Book
Format:: 2 volumes ; 24 cm
Edition:: 刻本 = Modon bar
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Holding Location:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: 經部 -- 小學類; Jing bu -- Xiao xue lei; Proverbs, Chinese
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Japan -- Kansai Region -- Kyoto Prefecture -- Kyoto; アジア -- 日本 -- 関西地方 -- 京都府 -- 京都市; 亞洲 - 日本 - 關西地區 - 京都府 - 京都市; 亚洲 - 日本 - 关西地区 - 京都府 - 京都市; Asia -- China
Language:: Manchu; Chinese; Altaic; Mongolian

Maxims of ‘Alī

Creator:: علي بن أبي طالب، الخليفة، 23 ق. هـ.-40 هـ; ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661 ( contributor ); Amir Al-Mu'minin 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib ( contributor )
Publication Date:: 1753-1754 CE
Type:: Artifact
Source Institution:: SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:: Archives and Special Collections
Subject Keyword:: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661; Proverbs; Aphorisms and apothegms; Maxims; Ali bin Ebu Talib, Halife, yaklaşık 600-661
Spatial Coverage:: Asia -- Turkey
Language:: Arabic

Note book containing press cuttings on life in South Africa, on segregation, native pass laws and related topics

Creator:: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d.]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Journalists; Politicians; Authors; Bantu languages; Tswana language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- South Africa
Language:: English; Tswana

Note book containing notes for Sechuana proverbs and their European equivalents

Creator:: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: [n.d. - pre 1916]
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Journalists; Politicians; Authors; Bantu languages; Tswana language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- South Africa
Language:: English; Tswana; French; German; Latin

Collection of assorted press cuttings on Plaatje's death, obituaries etc.

Creator:: Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 ( Author, Primary )
Publication Date:: 1932-1933
Type:: Mixed Material
Source Institution:: SOAS University of London
Subject Keyword:: Journalists; Politicians; Authors; Bantu languages; Tswana language
Spatial Coverage:: Africa -- South Africa
Language:: English; Tswana

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