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Siache uonalo kwa usikialo.
“Never give up what you have seen for what you have heard.”
-Swahili proverb
Explanation: First-hand knowledge is superior to hearsay.
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Ku ñuluk sa jékér, yaka sa doom.
“She who cooks her husband will serve her children.”
-Wolof proverb
Explanation: Those who ill-treat others may also expose themselves to ill-treatment.
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Kolomoo meŋ be ñaa soo la ñaa buka wo je.
“The stick that will pierce the eye, the eye does not see it.”
-Mandinka proverb
Explanation: Misfortune is often unpredictable.
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Igi ganganran má gún mi l’ójú, òkèèrè l’a ti ń wò ó wá.
‘‘Protruding twig, do not poke me in the eye’’; one must keep one’s eyes on the twig from a distance. (Don’t wait until problems
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“The navalha was also widely used by capoeiras in the early nineteenth century, being the documented weapon in over 38 percent of arrest records.”
-T.J. Desch Obi, Fighting for Honor, p. 178
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Great book! We should bring him onto Abibitumi for a discussion.
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