Serial Verb Nominalization in Akan: Okunini Ọbádélé Kambon 
African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors
This group is for the exploration of classical and traditional African deep thought (what some refer to... View more
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoMungwa kima kia mbote, kansi kana usaka, madia ma kitukidi nkadi.
“The salt is a good ingredient, but when it exceeds the measure, it becomes sour.”
-Kongo proverb
Explanation: Things should not be done to the point of excess.
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago“Feel, hear, see, but keep quiet.”
-Motto of traditional Bambara hunters
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year agoKá wí fúnni ká gbọ́; ká sọ̀rọ̀ fúnni ká gbà; à-wí-ìgbọ́, à-gbọ́-ìgbà ní ńfi igbá àdánù bu omi mu.
“If one is spoken to, one should listen; if one is advised, one should accept the advice; refusal to listen to speech and refusal to accept advice leads to using the calabash of deprivation as a drinking cup.”
-Yorùbá proverb
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · “Supernatural solutions were not embraced by bondsmen simply because other forms of controlling and other centers of power were closed to them. From the very beginning, Hoodoo both was embedded within an immediate network of sanctions and supports and was able to engage in coercion and behavior shaping representing a source of power within…
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African Deep Thought: Following the ways of our ancestors a year ago · Si madzemadze ame ɖokui ƒe ablɔɖe ɖe woada kluvi ame.
“The freedom that comes from a lack of self-knowledge only makes one a slave.”
-Ewe proverb
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Deep, and this explains our problem.
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No “Thanksgiving Day” holiday today, my mother was born on a Choctaw Reservation to my “negro” grandmother & Choctaw grandfather in Oklahoma. So I know 2 sides of how we have suffered still in the US, today. Whom one is, not only based on biological bloodlines (dna-tracing) but even more so on one’s Soul & Personal Deity (angel). I’ve known who…
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