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Title:The teaching of non-violence in Gikuyu proverbs
Author:Wanjohi, G.J.ISNI
Year:1993
Periodical:Journal of African Religion and Philosophy (ISSN 1018-8592)
Volume:2
Issue:2
Pages:3-9
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Kenya
East Africa
Subjects:violence
Kikuyu
proverbs
Kikuyu language
Anthropology, Folklore, Culture
Oral tradition
Teaching
Kikuyu (African people)
Abstract:Among the Gikuyu, a Bantu people who live in the Central Province of Kenya, the idea of peace or nonviolence is valued so highly that it is incorporated into their language, especially their proverbs. Some Gikuyu proverbs are literal statements, others are figurative or symbolic. Reality is usually presented in opposed terms. Thus some proverbs advocate nonviolence, while others are definitely about violence. 'Nonviolence proverbs' can be subdivided into those which advocate curbing desires, those which advise controlling speech, those which call for dialogue, and those supporting peacemaking in general. The 'violence proverbs' fall into two classes: those which manifest violence, and those which show the result of violence. Note, ref.
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