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I Am Because We Are : African Wisdom in Image and Proverb /
This book features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken in East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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St. Paul, Minn. :
Books for Africa,
2011
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a I Am Because We Are : |b African Wisdom in Image and Proverb / |c Betty Press ; proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller ; foreword by Joanne Veal Gabbin ; introduction by Christiana Chinwe Okechukwu ; afterword by Alison Nordstrom. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a St. Paul, Minn. : |b Books for Africa, |c 2011 | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2013 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2011 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (184 pages): |b illustrations | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 520 | |a This book features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken in East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how to think, how to behave, and how to have a better life. The photographer captured these images with the goal of making a significant educational and artistic contribution to the appreciation and understanding of African culture and society. | ||
| 546 | |a English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Quotations. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01086132 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Proverbs, African. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01080220 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a PHOTOGRAPHY |x Subjects & Themes |x Regional. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE |x Folklore & Mythology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a quotations (texts) |2 aat | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Citations. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Proverbes africains. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Proverbs, African. | |
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