1. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PROVERBS
The Significance of African Proverbs and Folktales and Their Relationship to the African Culture The African Proverbs have had a great influence on lifestyles of many people, mainly successful African Americans through means of religion and culture. ... Modern African writers such as Chinua Achebe enjoy the use of proverbs as a means of conveying a deep reality of the African experience. ... As do proverbs, African American folktales have origins rooted in West African literary and cultural forms of expression. ... "African Literature, oral and written, was produced on the African continent....
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