If You Throw a Bird Up in the Air, You Are Not the One Who Taught the Bird to Fly: 100 More African Proverbs by Yella Quay-Quay Explained Contributor(s): Dolo, Fokpa W. (Illustrator), Miller, Margaret (Author), Wold, Joseph C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1499603711 ISBN-13: 9781499603712 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.88 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 7.99" W x 10" (1.34 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: African tribal cultures before Western Colonial influences were preserved in isolated provinces of Liberia. Mr. Yella Quay-Quay wrote stories of village life to explain the Loma proverbs. These proverbs and news stories from those villages appeared in the Loma Weekly Paper, now collected in this book. The pictures by Wozi artist Fokpa Dolo illustrate Loma village life. |