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Hidden Meanings

Truth and Secret in Haitian Proverbs

Wally Turnbull

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English
Light Messages
10 September 2024
Hidden Meanings: Truth and Secret in Haiti's Creole Proverbs is a collection of the colorful proverbs that characterize the country of Haiti and its people.

The proverbs appear in the original Creole with accompanying translations. Whenever possible, literal rather than common translations are provided that the reader may hear the language as well as the proverbs. Also included are explanations of the proverbs' meanings.

Featuring over 1200 entries, this is, to date, the most varied, complete, and accurate collection of Haitian proverbs.
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Imprint:   Light Messages
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   440g
ISBN:   9781611532913
ISBN 10:   1611532914
Pages:   202
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Wally Turnbull, born to missionary parents and raised in the mountains of Haiti, has learned to communicate with his neighbors on a level few attain, speaking their language of simple images and hidden meanings. Turnbull received his BA in Psychology from Rockford College in 1970 and his MFA in photography from Ohio Univeristy in 1972. He was born and raised in Haiti where he resided until 1963 when he left to pursue his education. He returned to Haiti in 1972 with wife Betty where he worked in rural education and self-help for thirty years. In 1978, Turnbull received a Diplome de Citation from the Haitian Government Department of Education for his work in rural education. He also received an award of distinction from Rockford College in 1983 for his humanitarian work in Haiti. Today, Wally and Betty live in North Carolina and are involved in community and church work. They enjoy being Papa Bull and Gramma to six grandchildren.

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