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African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language : to which are added a translation of the above and a Kanuri-English vocabulary

Title: African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language : to which are added a translation of the above and a Kanuri-English vocabulary / by Rev. S.W. Koelle, church missionary.
Author: Koelle, S. W. (Sigismund Wilhelm)
Publication: London : Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, 1854.

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xiv, [2], 434 p.; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

African native literature
Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language
Proverbs, tales, fables, and historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language

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Note

"Printed by C. and F. Unger in Berlin, 51. Markgrafen Str."--verso of title page.

Provenance (note)

with two ink stamps on title page "Pennsylvania Colonization Society." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

I. Proverbs -- II. Stories: 1. About friendship ; 2. A priest who has a heathen friend ; 3. A servant of God ; 4. An old man who has six sons ; 5. A cunning girl -- III. Fables: 1. A hen and a cat ; 2. A stork and toads ; 3. A weasel and his wife ; 4. A jackal and a hyena ; 5. The weasel and the hyena ; 6. A fowl and an elephant ; 7. A cock and an elephant ; 8. The toad and the rat ; 9. The lion and the wild dog ; 10. How sense was distributed ; 11. What employment our Lord gave to insects ; 12. A fable about serpents -- IV. Historical fragments: 1. An account of serpents ; 2. An account of locusts ; 3. The eagle king ; 4. Longevity ; 5. An eclipse of the sun ; 6. The bodes ; 7. Bornu kings. King Amade. King Dunoma. Reign of Prince Ngaleiruma. King Ibram ; 8. Priest Laminu who is called Sheik. Preist Laminu's aspiration. Sheil Laminu as sovereign. King Omar, Laminu's son ; 9. Ali Eisami of Gazir -- Kanuri-English vocabulary.

Call Number

Sc Rare 496.4-K (Koelle, S. W. African native literature)

LCCN

28010920

OCLC

5208354
NYPGR5208354-B

Author

Koelle, S. W. (Sigismund Wilhelm)

Title

African native literature, or Proverbs, tales, fables, & historical fragments in the Kanuri or Bornu language : to which are added a translation of the above and a Kanuri-English vocabulary / by Rev. S.W. Koelle, church missionary.

Imprint

London : Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, 1854.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 496.4-K (accession no. B526315) with two ink stamps on title page "Pennsylvania Colonization Society." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Church Missionary Society, publisher.

C. and F. Unger, printer.

Pennsylvania Colonization Society, former owner.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 496.4-K (Koelle, S. W. African native literature)

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