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African Proverbs as a Medium of Fostering Intergenerational Relationships and Communication in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

This brief paper examines, from the point of view of ethnography, how the African proverbs selected from the Niger Delta of Nigeria have been used in fostering intergenerational relationships discourse in a globalizing world. This discussion adopts the ethnographic approach in exploring the meaning...

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Published in:African & Asian Studies Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 215 - 230
Main Authors: Oduaran, Akpovire, Oduaran, Choja
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2006
Subjects:
African proverbs
Ethnology
International relations
Culture
Nigeria
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