Discursive Depiction of Customary Conflict Management Principles in Selected African Proverbs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2658869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mehari Yimulaw Gebregeorgis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Pages | 225-246 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0957 • E-ISSN: 1406-0949 |
| Publisher | Estonian Literary Museum of Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7592/fejf2015.62.gebregeorgis |
| OpenAlex | W2552077128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The objective of this study is to explore how proverbs of traditional African societies contribute to depicting the communities' conflict prevention and conflict management principles. To this end, proverbs collected from different parts of Africa, mainly Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Ethiopia were analysed using socio-semiotic approach to discourse studies and interpretive analysis. The findings of the study show that the proverbs of traditional African societies are instrumental in depicting the societies' conflict prevention and conflict management principles. Together with the 'prevention is better than cure' doctrine, taking communal responsibility, transparent truth-finding, participatory negotiation, win-win solution, and reconciliation and restoration of social harmony are among the traditional African conflict management principles that are portrayed through different African communities' proverbs
Citizen journalism · Conflict management · Depiction · Doctrine · Negotiation · Political science · Social conflict · Social science · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |