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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Excerpt from Hausa Folk-Lore, Customs, Proverbs, Etc, Vol. 1 of 2: Collected and Transliterated With English Translation and NotesSuch a' method, however, is more easily prescribed on paper than followed in the field. When the witness is illiterate - as commonly happens when there is genuine folk lore to be gathered - its application proves exceedingly troublesome, for reasons that may readily be divined. A more or less formal dictation lesson...

Excerpt from Ashanti Proverbs (the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People): Translated From the Original With Grammatical and Anthropological Notes IN preparing this volume, to which he has asked me to contribute a preface, Mr. Rattray has performed a consider able service to those of us who are interested in the Tshi speaking people of the Gold Coast, or who are concerned in the administration of their affairs. He has blazed for us a track thro...

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Excerpt from Hausa Folk-Lore, Customs, Proverbs, Etc, Vol. 1 of 2: Collected and Transliterated With English Translation and Notes Such a' method, however, is more easily prescribed on paper than followed in the field. When the witness is illiterate - as commonly happens when there is genuine folk lore to be gathered - its application proves exceedingly troublesome, for reasons that may readily be divined. A more or less formal dictation less...

Excerpt from Ashanti Proverbs (the Primitive Ethics of a Savage People): Translated From the Original With Grammatical and Anthropological Notes IN preparing this volume, to which he has asked me to contribute a preface, Mr. Rattray has performed a consider able service to those of us who are interested in the Tshi speaking people of the Gold Coast, or who are concerned in the administration of their affairs. He has blazed for us a track thro...

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When R. Sutherland Rattray joined the School of Anthropology at Exeter College, Oxford, he had already published Chinyanja Folklore which documented the tales and customs of the Chinyanja of Central Africa. He was also quite familiar with several West African languages. Therefore on his transfer to West Africa learning about the Hausa language and culture became another string in his already full bow and it was only a matter of time before Hau...