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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

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