What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia
This article is about gerontological proverbs in Swahili folkloric discourses. The question posed in this study is as follows: how is old age depicted according to Swahili paremiology? To answer this question, 49 popular Swahili gerontological proverbs have been analysed. The findings show that Swa...
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This article is about gerontological proverbs in Swahili folkloric discourses. The question posed in this study is as follows: how is old age depicted according to Swahili paremiology? To answer this question, 49 popular Swahili gerontological proverbs have been analysed. The findings show that Swahili gerontological proverbs, like other non-Western gerontological proverbs, pay due respect to elders who are considered wise, knowledgeable, and experienced. How someone is perceived to be an elder is largely socially and culturally constructed. There are several Swahili gerontological proverbs that are equivalent to proverbs in different cultures and languages including Russian, German, Yiddish, French, Chinese, Arabic, and others.
This research report has been reviewed by the editors of the special issue but has not been externally peer-reviewed.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8104732cf5b46aea2c6ff34fffe3c522024-12-22T16:10:11ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652024-12-0133410.53228/njas.v33i4.1157What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili ParemiaAhmad Kipacha0The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology This article is about gerontological proverbs in Swahili folkloric discourses. The question posed in this study is as follows: how is old age depicted according to Swahili paremiology? To answer this question, 49 popular Swahili gerontological proverbs have been analysed. The findings show that Swahili gerontological proverbs, like other non-Western gerontological proverbs, pay due respect to elders who are considered wise, knowledgeable, and experienced. How someone is perceived to be an elder is largely socially and culturally constructed. There are several Swahili gerontological proverbs that are equivalent to proverbs in different cultures and languages including Russian, German, Yiddish, French, Chinese, Arabic, and others. This research report has been reviewed by the editors of the special issue but has not been externally peer-reviewed. http://njas.fi/njas/article/view/1157Swahili proverbsgerontologyparemiologyparemiographyold ageaging |
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| title | What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia |
| title_full | What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia |
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| title_short | What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia |
| title_sort | what is old in old age an inquiry into swahili paremia |
| topic | Swahili proverbs gerontology paremiology paremiography old age aging |
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