A proverb is a brief, simple, traditional saying that gives advice based on practical experience, often in the form of a metaphor or allegory. Photo: Pixabay
African Proverb of the day: 22 March 2023
A proverb reflects and reveals a community’s culture that provides a glimpse into its value systems, beliefs, and ancient folklore
A proverb is a brief, simple, traditional saying that gives advice based on practical experience, often in the form of a metaphor or allegory. Photo: Pixabay
A proverb reflects and reveals a community’s culture that provides a glimpse into its value systems, beliefs, and ancient folklore, used as an affirmation, or, as support to its reader to understand that they are not alone in their suffering, or winning!
It is an age-old tradition to keep folklore alive and every culture has its own dictionary of proverbs, one of the main aims for keeping track of the legacy of lessons is to keep a community enlivened, positive and reaffirmed.
TODAY’S AFRICAN PROVERB:
Proverb: If you choose to make friendship with a pig, you must be prepared to live in the mud.
Meaning: Just as any choice has consequences, so does that of choosing friends. Here, this African proverb implies that we are more likely to have to put up with whatever our friends do. Therefore, you should be deliberate about what you want in life because friends will influence a certain degree of it.
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