Bu Me Be; proverbs of the Akans.9780955507922 Bu Me Be; proverbs Proverbs, book of the Bible. It is a collection of sayings, many of them moral maxims, in no special order. The teaching is of a practical nature; it does not dwell on the salvation-historical traditions of Israel, but is individual and universal based on the of the Akans. Appiah, Peggy et al. Ayebia Clarke Publishing 2007 312 pages $55.00 Hardcover PN6519 British writer and painter Appiah (1921-2006) lived among the Asante and Akan people The Akan people are a linguistic group of West Africa. This group includes the Akuapem, the Akyem, the Ashanti, the Baoulé, the Brong, the Fante and the Nzema peoples of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. of Ghana for over 50 years, and wrote widely about them, mostly for children. She compiled this collection of over 7,000 proverbs with the help of her son Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954-) is a Ghanaian-American philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. (philosophy, Princeton U.) and Ivor Agyeman-Duah (California State U.-Pomona), founder of The Centre for Intellectual Renewal in Ghana, which published the first edition in 2001. Each proverb in presented in the transliterated original followed by a literal English translation and an explanation of its meaning in plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. . Distributed in the US by Lynne Rienner Publishers. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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