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Title:Common Bantu riddles
Author:Gowlett, D.F.
Year:1975
Periodical:African Studies
Volume:34
Issue:2
Pages:79-145
Language:English
Geographic term:Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:Bantu-speaking peoples
riddles
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/00020187508707449
Abstract:The aim of the article is to bring together for comparison more or less similar riddles from different Bantu languages, and from such comparison to abstract a hypothetical proto-riddie or common form. Riddles are cited (with English translations) from some 65 languages. From these, 60 Common Bantu Riddles are reconstructed. Bibl.
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