The effects of Sudanese proverbs in establishing and entrenching the concepts of racism

Joint Authors

Ahmad, Mahmud Ali
Muhammad, Arij Uthman Ahmad
Uthman, Hamidah Ibrahim Muhammad

Source

Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies

Issue

Vol. 20, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.32-45, 14 p.

Publisher

Sudan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Scientific Research

Publication Date

2019-12-31

Country of Publication

Sudan

No. of Pages

14

Main Subjects

Literature

Abstract EN

This paper attempts to investigate to what extent folk culture has managed to establish and entrench the concept of racism among Sudanese, the paper focused on the proverbs as a powerful example and important mean for transmission of beliefs, and cultural values.

Thus, in order to collect the necessary data, the researcher collected more than 500 Sudanese proverbs and diagnosed them to find out the proverbs that reflect any sense of racism in the Sudanese culture.

The findings of this study resulted in 36 racial proverbs that express direct racism , they mostly focused on the Arab\ non Arab discrimination in a blatant way that could entrench the concept of racism and ethnic prejudice amongst Sudanese

American Psychological Association (APA)

Uthman, Hamidah Ibrahim Muhammad& Ahmad, Mahmud Ali& Muhammad, Arij Uthman Ahmad. 2019. The effects of Sudanese proverbs in establishing and entrenching the concepts of racism. Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies،Vol. 20, no. 4, pp.32-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1341473

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Uthman, Hamidah Ibrahim Muhammad…[et al.]. The effects of Sudanese proverbs in establishing and entrenching the concepts of racism. Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies Vol. 20, no. 4 (Dec. 2019), pp.32-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1341473

American Medical Association (AMA)

Uthman, Hamidah Ibrahim Muhammad& Ahmad, Mahmud Ali& Muhammad, Arij Uthman Ahmad. The effects of Sudanese proverbs in establishing and entrenching the concepts of racism. Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies. 2019. Vol. 20, no. 4, pp.32-45.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1341473

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 44-45

Record ID

BIM-1341473