In this study, we compare gendered proverbs in the Akan society of Ghana and Swahili society of Tanzania, focusing on convergences and divergences in their worldviews on conceptualisation of gender roles and functions. Our analyses of data from written and oral sources within the theoretical concepts of gender ideology and intertextuality establish that largely, gendered proverbs in Akan and Swahili are convergent and express similar gender ideologies. Gendered proverbs in the two societies typically refer to females, and even when they mention males, they often critically expose the subjugation of women in relation to male superiority. The main divergent feature between gendered proverbs in Akan and Swahili societies is the perception of females as sex objects and the use of explicit expressions of sex organs and sexual acts by Akan proverbs. In contrast, Swahili gendered proverbs rarely address sexuality, and when they do, they do so discreetly by implication.

在这项研究中，我们比较了加纳的阿肯族社会和坦桑尼亚的斯瓦希里语社会中的性别谚语，着眼于他们关于性别角色和职能概念化的世界观中的趋同和分歧。我们对来自性别意识形态和互文性理论概念的书面和口头数据的分析表明，阿肯语和斯瓦希里语中的性别谚语在很大程度上是趋同的，并表达了相似的性别意识形态。在两个社会中，性别谚语通常是指女性，即使提到男性，他们也常常批评性地揭露了女性对男性优越感的屈服。阿肯族和斯瓦希里语社会中的性别谚语之间的主要区别特征是，女性将女性视为性对象，阿肯族谚语使用性器官的明确表达和性行为。