Ashanti proverbs,
the primitive ethics of a savage people,
translated from the original with grammatical and anthropological notes, by R. Sutherland Rattray ... with a preface by Sir Hugh Clifford ...

Description

Main Author

Rattray, R. S. (Robert Sutherland), 1881-1938.

Related Names

Christaller, J. G. (Johann Gottlieb), 1827-1895.

Language(s)

English

Published

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1916.

Subjects

Twi language
Manners and customs
Ashanti (African people)
Ashanti (African people)
Twi language > Twi language / Texts.
Twi language > Twi language / Quotations, maxims, etc.
Ghana
Ghana > Ghana / Social life and customs.
Texts
Quotations

Note

Selected from the collection of Tshi proverbs ed. by J.G. Christaller and pub. by the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society in 1879. "The task of the present writer has been that of commentator and translator only." cf. Author's note.

Physical Description

190 p., 1 l. front. 24 cm.

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