WHAT MAMA USED TO SAY: ...Handbook of Ole Sayings

By Lola Hanif and Naimah Maples-Smith

"What Mama Used To Say" is a historical account of traditional, cultural, expressions used in the African American Community. It expands generations of verbal and nonverbal expressions used from the undocumented beginnings of bondage, through our current situation. It is an intergenerational examination and comparison of sayings from past to present.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781387822799

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What Mama Used To Say

Appleseed Production Publishing

North Hollywood, CA 91601

www.sidniappleseed.com

Copyright ©2022 by Lola Hanif, MA

ISBN 9-781387-822799

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Dedicated to Letha Slaughter, Mama

(my grandmother)

Special acknowledgment to

Elizabeth Carroll Reddins, Motherdear

(my mother)

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Acknowledgment

I acknowledge the Sistas of Sacred Space Spiritual Support Group for their amazing Love, supportiveness, and input. Names are listed later. It is your genuine energy that has kept me determined to finish this project. Thank you, Sistas! We sure learned a lot and had plenty of fun in our fourteen years of gathering. I especially appreciate Sista Brenda and Ms Bertha *R.I.P. 2021, her beautiful, lively-spirited mom. Together they demonstrated the essence of mother-daughter