There is a saying, often repeated by guides and survivors of historical trauma across the African diaspora, that goes:those…
There is an Edo proverb that says,”Ise ẹsẹ okhian rre iyeke ọkpa”A single log cannot build a house. It…
There is a Shona proverb that says,”Chinokanganwa idemo, chitsiga hachikanganwe”The axe forgets, but the tree stump never does. It…
There is a West African proverb, often traced to the Songhai and Tuareg communities of the Sahel, that says,”Salt…
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