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In the 1995/96 academic year, twenty-five Egyptian Nubian students of the Faculty of Social Work in Aswan were recruited by Dr. Muddathir Salim to complete a brief Nubian ethnological survey, largely restricted to the area of New Nubia, over a period of several months. They documented Egyptian Nubian culture and heritage, among them proverbs, tales, lullabies, marriage customs, and moulid and mourning songs, as well as models of Nubian clothes, jewelry, and houses. This research has culminated in Maher Habbob's Nubian Proverbs, which presents the fruits of decades of collecting proverbs from his native Nubian region in Fadijja (Nobiin). The five hundred proverbs gathered in this volume give a vivid picture of the Nubian imagination and represent a priceless archive of cultural heritage threatened by ongoing assimilation and cultural genocide. The proverbs are presented in Nubian script, accompanied by a transliteration in Roman script, an a literal translation and paraphrase in English.

Proverbs, African. --- Proverbs, Nubian. --- Nubian proverbs --- African proverbs --- Proverbs, Black

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Words of wisdom within the African context, conjure the foundational thoughts of ancestors, thoughts which, today find themselves in the public sphere. With its focus on individual thoughts, this pan-African collection, among other things, amplifies the African-centred prism of knowledge as a collective creation, while stretching the boundaries of the concept of wisdom. They depict the intricate and unique African perception and relation to the universe. As Molefi K. Asante wonders, what could be any more correct for any people than to see with their own eyes? Collectively, these sayings constitute a pillar in the edification of a culture that departs from mere hearing, seeing and consumption to the creation of narratives and, hence, knowledge. They focus on the shared experiences and aspirations for freedom, a philosophical outlook heavily anchored on balance, as well as on community. Unfortunately, some are still tempted to dismiss words of wisdom as having no bearing on today's hi-tech and, even, post-modernist global village. Yet, if anything, these words have even more relevance in a cacophonic, estranged and even brutish world tightly in the grip of forces bent on twisting all thought processes toward a particular status quo. Each saying should be perceived as a coin -- with two sides -- and should, therefore, not be taken at face value. For, like virtue, each one is capable of turning into vice when stretched too far! As a vital prompt in the project of living, this collection proposes to the reader the advantage and a philosophy of balance as the worthwhile and healthy modus vivendi.

African philosophy --- Proverbs, Black. --- Blacks --- Negro quotations --- Quotations, Black --- Black proverbs --- Proverbs, Negro --- Black persons --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Black people

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Kongo (African people) --- Legal maxims --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Bantu language --- Afrikaanse letterkunde --- Littérature africaine --- Proverbes africains --- Proverbs [African ] --- Proverbs [Black ]--Africa --- Spreekwoorden [Afrikaanse ] --- Proverbs, Kongo --- Proverbes kongo --- Kongo (Peuple d'Afrique) --- Translating into french --- Traductions en français --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Sociology of culture --- Congo --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Social life and customs --- Traductions en français --- Droit --- Législation --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Customary law --- Africa --- Social life and customs. --- Kongo (African people) - Legal status, laws, etc. - Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Legal maxims - Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Afrique centrale --- Proverbes --- Zaïre --- Socio-culturele antropologie --- Recht --- Maatschappij --- Afrika