Developing the Database of Proverbs and Postproverbials
Toyin Falola
From: Remi Raji <rem...@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 5:53 PM
To: Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu>, Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu>
Subject: Developing the Database of Proverbs and Postproverbials
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Friday, February 1, 2019
Launching the African Postproverbial Web Database Project – https://postproverbial.com
This is a database project devoted to the tradition of alternate proverb creation which has been defined as the practice of postproverbials. The web data records the production of radical sayings which exist side-by-side, or which collide with the use of traditional or conventional proverbs in contemporary African speech communities.
Basic Information
An entry contains at least a pair, of conventional and radical proverbs. The postproverbial may be more than one, with versions, so that an entry may contain two or more proverb statements. In some instances, each entry is supplemented by a short commentary to aid understanding and interpretation.
The entries are arranged under specific African language panels with translations into English. There is the possibility of interactive check using keywords (labels) that allow researchers find related postproverbial entries across languages.
Please access the website @ https://postproverbial.com
Contributions, suggestions and interests are welcome.
Sincerely,
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade
Department of English
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
A good project. Congrats to the collaborators. The site should be arranged thematically, as well, at some point, with links to the vast ocean of African proverbs embedded in song, verse, narratives and legends across the continent. This is a vast field for data mining. In a 1992 article, "Proverbs as repositories of medical practice," Olowo Ojoade had eighteen subheadings including:
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The traditional practitioner
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Fees
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Treatment
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Ingredients
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Efficacy
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Health
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Prevention
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Diseases etc.
I imagine that post-proverbials can also be subdivided.
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Michael Afolayan
Kissi, Edward
On logs, people, travel, migration, diaspora and the lure of Home, the Asante and Akuapem Akans have a powerful proverb:
"S3 duf)kye3 ky3re nsuom s3 de3n a, 3rennane nkawa." (No matter how long a log stays in a river, it will never turn into a fish).
Quite a warning to those of us who have stayed too long abroad.
Congrats on the project. I was born and bred in a Ghanaian village where ability to speak in proverbs is still regarded as a mark of good breeding, a sign of intellectual maturity, and a qualification for a seat in the palace. I have something to contribute to this worthy project.
Edward Kissi
Sent: Friday, February 1, 2019 6:27:43 PM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Developing the Database of Proverbs and Postproverbials
Kwabena Akurang-Parry
Sent: February 2, 2019 4:12 AM
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Cc: Kissi, Edward
Toyin Falola
Toyin Falola
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From: Remi Raji <rem...@gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 6:11 AM
To: Toyin Falola <toyin...@austin.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Developing the Database of Proverbs and Postproverbials
Dear Prof
Thank you so much for passing on the interventions of responding scholars Which are absolutely helpful. Particularly I want to appreciate your own earlier suggestion as well as those of Professors Emegwali and Edward Kissi. The ultimate aim to achieve high fidelity to the delivery of each of the entries and make more interactive checks possible. As for precision of the writing/translation of specific African language (Akan for instance), we depend on the expertise of colleagues who speak and use the languages. I will proceed to share Kissi's remarkable comments to Prof Helen Yitah who is the collaborating researcher for Akan.
Very best regards to all.
Remi
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