I am because we are : African wisdom in image and proverb / Betty Press ; proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller ; foreword by Joanne Veal Gabbin ; introduction by Christiana Chinwe Okechukwu ; afterword by Alison Nordstrom.

This book features 125 black and white photographs by Betty Press taken in East and West Africa since 1987, combined with related African proverbs compiled by Annetta Miller, an American born in Tanzania. The book highlights the importance of proverbs in educating members of African societies on how...

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Main Author: Press, Betty
Other Authors: Miller, Annetta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, Minn. : Books for Africa, 2011
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Afterword -- About Books For Africa -- About the Authors and Contributors -- Index of Photographs -- Acknowledgments. 
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650 0 |a Quotations. 
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