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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
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. |