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Onye kwanyere onwe ya ugwu, a kwanyere ya ugwu.
“Respect breeds respect.”
-Igbo proverb
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This is not Capoeira, but is in fact Moringue from Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
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Ọ̀kánjúwà kì í mu ẹ̀jẹ̀ ẹlòmíràn; ẹ̀jẹ̀ ara ẹ̀ náà ní ḿmu.
“The greedy person does not drink other people’s blood; he drinks only his own.”
-Yorùbá proverb
Explanation: The bad character of the greedy undermines their own self-interest.
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I’m pleased to announce my latest publication: “ ‘You’ve Got to Be the Medicine to Heal the Community’: Capoeira and the Art of Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit” in the Journal of Black Studies.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00219347221103604
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Congratulations! How is the publication process at JBS these days given the recent upheavals there between the editors?
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Woankasa wo tiri ho a, yɛyi wo ayibɔne.
“If you don’t direct the barber on the type of haircut you want, you always get a bad one.”
-Akan proverb
Explanation: A prudent person expresses their concerns to others lest those concerns be ignored.
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yɛyi wo ayibɔne
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