Gender in Fulani Proverbs

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 o...

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Main Authors: Baldi Sergio, Leger Rudolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-06-01
Series:Ethnologia Actualis
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2018-0007
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spelling doaj-08b1ca2e787d494d998fbc40639326b22021-09-05T21:00:42ZengSciendoEthnologia Actualis1339-78772018-06-0118181610.2478/eas-2018-0007eas-2018-0007Gender in Fulani ProverbsBaldi Sergio0Leger Rudolf1Department of Asian, African and Mediterranean Studies, Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Napoli, ItalyInstitute of African Studies, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyPresented 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2018-0007fulaniproverbslinguisticspastoralismsedentarismwest africa
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author Baldi Sergio
Leger Rudolf
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Gender in Fulani Proverbs
Ethnologia Actualis
fulani
proverbs
linguistics
pastoralism
sedentarism
west africa
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Leger Rudolf
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title Gender in Fulani Proverbs
title_short Gender in Fulani Proverbs
title_full Gender in Fulani Proverbs
title_fullStr Gender in Fulani Proverbs
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publisher Sciendo
series Ethnologia Actualis
issn 1339-7877
publishDate 2018-06-01
description 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.
topic fulani
proverbs
linguistics
pastoralism
sedentarism
west africa
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