There is an Akan proverb from Ghana that says,”Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi”It is not wrong to go back for that which you have…

There is a Nubian saying, still repeated in various forms among communities along the Nile in northern Sudan, that translates roughly to:the river does not forget those…

There is a saying, often repeated by guides and survivors of historical trauma across the African diaspora, that goes:those who do not know their history are condemned…

There is an Edo proverb that says,”Ise ẹsẹ okhian rre iyeke ọkpa”A single log cannot build a house. It is a saying about the necessity of collective…

There is a Shona proverb that says,”Chinokanganwa idemo, chitsiga hachikanganwe”The axe forgets, but the tree stump never does. It is a saying about memory, about the marks…

There is a West African proverb, often traced to the Songhai and Tuareg communities of the Sahel, that says,”Salt comes from the north, gold from the south,…

There is an old African saying that captures the spirit of heritage better than any dictionary definition ever could: a people without knowledge of their past history,…

There is an ancient Arabic saying still repeated by guides along the Nile:”Man fears time, but time fears the pyramids.”Whatever the saying’s precise origin, its truth is…