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Thursday, October 13

02-13 Proverb(s)

Thursday, October 13, 10:30 am–12:30 pm
Director 4

This live event will not be recorded.


Chair: Raymond Melton-Javon Summerville (Fayetteville State University)

10:30 am
Are Spots Proverbs: The Use of Slogans and Spots in Self-Help Groups
David S. Azzolina (University of Pennsylvania)

11:00 am
"I could neither run nor hide": Hans-Jurgen Massaquoi's Proverbial Autobiography Destined to Witness (1999)
Wolfgang Mieder (University of Vermont, emeritus)

11:30 am
Land, Rivers, and the Forests: Re-Centering Indigenous Knowledge through the Wise Sayings of the Rongmei Nagas
Senganglu  Thaimei (University of Delhi)

12:00 pm
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty": The Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings of Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Raymond Melton-Javon Summerville (Fayetteville State University)

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