In the Service of our Ancestors and African Love,
Listen Seeker, I come in peace,
“Not the greatest Master can go even one step for his disciple; in himself he must experience each stage of developing consciousness. Therefore he will know nothing for which he is not ripe.” — African Proverb
Critical for all of us is to internally develop our consciousness. African Proverbs assist thusly. In 1928, Carter G. Woodson wrote, “AFRICAN MYTHS TOGETHER WITH PROVERBS: A SUPPLEMENTARY READER COMPOSED OF FOLK TALES FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF AFRICA.” In 2009, Dover republished the book. Though the book has much more than 54 African Proverbs, Chancellor Williams in “The Re-Birth of African Civilization” (1993) republished these
54 African Proverbs
as collected by Carter G. Woodson
- “A man with wisdom is better off than a stupid man with any amount of charm and superstition.”
- “No man puts new cloth into…
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