“If a King Judges the Poor with Fairness, His Throne is Established Forever”: Approaching Proverbs 29:14 with African Interpretive Resources

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With Proverbs 29:14 as a textual case, the article discusses how three African Old Testament scholars—Philippe Dinzolele Nzambi, Lechion Peter Kimilike, and Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate—allow examples from the African proverbial heritage to serve as interpretive resources in their interpretation of texts and motifs from the book of Proverbs.

Lata daw ai hkawhkam (The king who cut his finger) with English translation

Translation (Gun Mai) The story that I am telling now is about all are good whatever happens. Long l

A King and His Ungrateful Wife Dagbani Folktale

This is part of a collection of folktales in Dagaare, Dagbani and Kusaal, three Mabia-speaking langu

King and poor man

Recording session done by the collector/researcher in the speaker's house. Were present : the colect

The King and his mother´s hidden Sin Dagaare folktale

This is part of a collection of folktales in Dagaare, Dagbani and Kusaal, three Mabia-speaking langu

List of 14 Kikongo proverbs.

Proverbs recorded during the field studies in Uíge Province, and its translations into Portuguese

Bardo Palace: Interior of one of the palaces with reception hall and throne room

Built by the Islamic Hafsid rulers of Tunis who were one of four regional powers to emerge in the Ma