• AFRICAN NATURE PROVERBS, a collection of proverbs

AFRICAN NATURE PROVERBS, a collection of proverbs

: Stewart (D.) comp. & Pienaar (K.) illus.

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159pp., illus., hardback, Penguin, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781432311933

 

A compilation of proverbs with imagery originating from the natural world, sourced from isiZulu and isiXhosa, with both literal translations and their figurative interpretations.

Dianne Stewart has multiple degrees in African languages and literature, as well as creative writing. Drawing on oral tradition, her books for both children and adults include the collections The Zebra’s Stripes and Other African Animal Tales, The Singing Turtle and Other Folk- and Fairy Tales, Wisdom from Africa, The Boy Who Hated Insects and Time of the Swallows.  She also facilitates writing workshops in South Africa and abroad.