Gender in Fulani Proverbs

Sergio Baldi; Rudolf Leger

doi:10.2478/eas-2018-0007

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Gender in Fulani Proverbs

Ethnologia Actualis

Volume 18 (2018): Issue 1 (June 2018)

By: Sergio Baldi and Rudolf Leger

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|Jan 2019

Abstract

Presented paper deals with Fulani people of West Africa and with the influence of their way of life on their language. One part of the Fulani people lives nomadic pastoral live, meanwhile another part is sedentary, living in the towns. The authors of the paper pay their attention to the the gender of Fulani proverbs which reflects the way of life of Fulani people.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1339-7877 | Journal ISSN: 1339-7834

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Language: English

Page range: 8 - 16

Published on: Jan 25, 2019

Published by: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava

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Keywords:

Fulani,

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