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Polish-born linguist on the Somali language

Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski
Born(1922-02-01)1 February 1922
Poznań, Poland
Died1 December 1994(1994-12-01) (aged 72)
Hemel Hempstead, England
Other namesGoosh, Guś
TitleProfessor of Cushitic Languages and Literatures
SpouseSheila Weekes (married 1946)
Academic background
EducationOriel College, Oxford (BA 1947), SOAS (PhD 1962)
Doctoral advisorJ. R. Firth
Academic work
InstitutionsSOAS, University of London

Bogumił Witalis "Goosh" Andrzejewski (1 February 1922 – 1 December 1994) was a Polish-born, British-naturalised linguist whose research focused on the Somali language.

Lists of Andrzejewski's works can be found in Appleyard & Hayward (1988, pp. 16–25), Banti & Ricci (1992, pp. 152–160), Johnson (1995, pp. 18–30), and Hayward & Lewis (1996, pp. xv–xxii).

General references

  • Adam, Anita Suleiman (14 December 1994). "A Wise Scholar in Somalia; Obituary: BW Andrzejewski". The Guardian. London. p. 16.
  • Appleyard, David; Hayward, Dick (1988). "B.W. Andrzejewski". In Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne; Serzisko, Fritz (eds.). Cushitic-Omotic: Papers from the International Symposium on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Cologne, January 6–9, 1986. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag GmbH. pp. 13–25.
  • Banti, Giorgio; Ricci, Lanfranco (1992). "Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski "Goosh" (1922–1994)". Rassegna di Studi Etiopici (in Italian). 36: 143–160. JSTOR 41299779.
  • Finnegan, Ruth; Orwin, Martin (2011). "Introduction". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 23 (1, Carried by a Mystic Wind: B. W. Andrzejewski on the Somali Passion for Poetry and Language): 1–3. doi:10.1080/13696815.2011.581450. S2CID 216152857.
  • Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (1996). "Introduction". In Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M. (eds.). Voice and Power: The Culture of Language in North-East Africa. Essays in Honour of B. W. Andrzejewski. African Languages and Cultures, Supplement. Vol. 3. London: SOAS. pp. ix–xxiii. JSTOR 586649.
  • Herbstein, Denis (May–June 1991). "The Alphabet War". Africa Report. 36 (3): 67–69. ISSN 0001-9836.
  • Johnson, John William (1995). "Bogumił Witalis "Goosh" Andrzejewski: Emeritus Professor of Cushitic Languages and Literatures school of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1 February 1922 – 2 December 1994)". Northeast African Studies. New Series. 2 (1): 7–30. doi:10.1353/nas.1995.0032. JSTOR 41931189. S2CID 145251437.
  • Lewis, I. M. (6 December 1994). "Professor B. W. Andrzejewski". Obituaries. The Independent. No. 2537. London. p. 14.
  • Orwin, Martin (1996). "Professor Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski 1922–1994". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (1): 125–128. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00028603. JSTOR 619393.
  • Piłaszewicz, Stanisław (1995). "Professor Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski (1 February 1922 – 2 December 1994)". Africana Bulletin. 43: 76–85. ISSN 0002-029X.
  • Piłaszewicz, Stanisław (2012). "Professor Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski: His Life, Scientific Activity, and Poetry" (PDF). Folia Orientalia. 49: 391–399. ISSN 0015-5675.
  • Samatar, Said S. (1998). "Remembering B. W. Andrzejewski: Poland's Somali Genius". Research in African Literatures. 29 (3): 208–219. JSTOR 3820630.

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