B. W. Andrzejewski

Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski
Born (1922-02-01)February 1, 1922
Poznań, Poland
Died December 1, 1994(1994-12-01) (aged 72)
Hemel Hempstead, England
Other names Goosh, Guś
Title Professor of Cushitic Languages and Literatures
Spouse(s) Sheila Weekes (married 1946)
Academic background
Education Oriel College, Oxford (BA 1947), SOAS (PhD 1962)
Doctoral advisor J. R. Firth
Academic work
Institutions SOAS, University of London

Bogumił Witalis "Goosh" Andrzejewski (1922–1994) 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. 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.
  • Hayward, R. J.; Lewis, I. M., eds. (1996). "Introduction". Voice and Power: The Culture of Language in North-East Africa. Essays in Honour of B. W. Andrzejewski. African Languages and Cultures, Supplement. 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. JSTOR 41931189.
  • Lewis, I. M. (6 December 1994). "Professor B. W. Andrzejewski". Obituaries. The Independent (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. 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. Lay summary – AfricaBib.
  • 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.
  • Andrzejewski, Shiela (31 January 2015). "The Traveller to Legendary Lands: Wardheernews Interview with Shiela Andrzejewski". WardheerNews (Interview). Interviewed by Georgi Kapchits. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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