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A kì í gbin àlùbọ́sà kó hu ẹ̀fọ́.
“One does not plant onions and have [the ground] yield spinach.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: What one plants is what one reaps.
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Boso menɔa tã me o.
“The whale does not live in a pond.”
-Ewe proverb
Explanation: Do not diminish yourself for others. Keep company with those equal to your character and capacity.
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Ŋdɔ (ɣe) memaa ŋui ame o.
“One is never used to the heat of the sun.”
-Ewe proverb
“Moral Teaching: This proverb originates from farming experience. Farmers have to work in the hot scorching sun all day and never get used to the heat of the sun but they have to learn to endure it. The proverb is therefore another way of saying we never really…
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“For African descendants, Capoeira represents the reification of ancestral resistance via the embodied practice of Capoeira as an art of war.”
-Kamau Rashid, “You’ve Got to Be the Medicine to Heal the Community”: Capoeira and the Art of Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit
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Ɗaɓɓa mara no ɓuri anndude jogii ɗo.
“Struggling for oneself is better than depending on others.”
-Fulani proverb
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