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VALENTE (José Francisco). SELECÇÃO de Provérbios e Adivinhas em Umbundu. Lisboa. 1964. - VALENTE (José Francisco) SELECÇÃO de Provérbios e Adivinhas em Umbundu . Lisboa: Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 1964. 224 pp.; 220 mm. A collection of proverbs and riddles in the Umbundu language, the language of the Ovimbundu people, spoken in the central plateau of Angola, in the regions of Huambo, Bié and Benguela. The text brings together proverbs and riddles in the original Umbundu language, accompanied by a Portuguese translation, and reveals the popular wisdom, moral values, observation of nature, and social organization expressed within them. A work of interest to Africanist studies and to the history of oral literature collection in Angola. Curious. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate