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lhe nwoke nyere ibe ya bụ ngaa jidere m.
“Whatever a man does to another, man he should expect in return.”
-Igbo proverb
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Ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ kple dadae yia atsuƒe.
“A young girl takes her mother along with her into marriage.”
-Ewe proverb
Explanation: One’s parents generally provide ones basic notions of manhood and womanhood, of what is expected and appropriate in marriage as a wife or husband. As such, parents should be mindful of the example that they set.
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Aláwàdà ló lè ṣọkọ òṣónú; ẹni tí kò lnu mímú tete ò lè ṣọkọ alápẹpẹ.
Only a good-humored person can make a good husband for an ill-humored woman; a person whose mouth is not sharp cannot make a good husband for a hyperactive woman. (Incompatible natures cannot make a good marriage.)
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52 Blocks Hand Combat, ELBOW SUPREME COMBINATION
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Gaynde bëggul mbuum, yàpp lay dunde.
“The lion does not like a sauce of leaves; he lives on meat.”
-Wolof proverb
Actual history, rather than myths or falsehoods, is the true basis from which to understand one’s people.
Listervelt Middleton interviews historian Sterling Stuckey on his book “Slave Culture”, which discusses the African foundation…
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“The state of maroonage could be a permanent condition of individuals who liberated themselves from bondage or a temporary state in which an enslaved person left his or her plantation with the intention of returning after a brief respite. Those of the former often formed maroon communities of self-liberated people who fled bondage to live…
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I like this back to back posting on Cimarronaje by @heru_djet and @kevlew …I apprecilove the work of Sheila Walker, Msomi Moor, and TJ Desch Obi y’all have shared!
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