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Product Description This book presents a glimpse into the cultural and linguistic diversity of Africa. It has 2,400 proverbs translated into English from across the length and breadth of Africa, from 125+ categories of languages, countries and ethnic groups. The proverbs are drawn from Acholi and Akamba to Zinza and Zulu; from Tunisia in the north to South Africa, from Senegal in the west to Kenya in the east, and many other countries and cultures in between! About the Author Dr. Madanmohan Rao is a consultant and prolific author, blogger and tweeter on subjects ranging from knowledge management and new media to world music and travel. He is the editor of five book series: The Asia Pacific Internet Handbook, The Knowledge Management Chronicles, AfricaDotEdu, World of Proverbs and The Global Citizen. He is the conference chair for Extensia's annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit, and produces the annual Mobile Africa Report for MobileMonday. Madan is also a columnist for World Music Central and Jazzuality. He was formerly the communications director at the United Nations Inter Press Service bureau in New York, vice president at IndiaWorld Communications in Mumbai, group consultant at Microland in Bangalore, and research director at the Asian Media Information and Communication centre (AMIC) in Singapore. He graduated from Loyola High School (Poona), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with an M.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in communications.