“Ana'[ghị] arị ahwụrụ eme ure.”
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Some consider a council of men without proper regard to pedigree. Wisdom remains the principal thing.
The proverb means :-
Don't suppose that strength of numbers always yields correct solutions and intuitions; always wisdom is the one essential prerequisite of satisfactory outcomes.The last section of the interpretation above is implied since linguistically, the proverb itself ends only with the warning against setting oneself up to fail by falsely assuming that numbers alone should suffice.
Another proverb comes to mind: Ọnwụ ana'[ghị]eshi ama,ọ ihworihwo na-eshi ya or Ọnwụ anaghị echi ama ...
Meaning many fools results in extinction, one wise man equates to survival or The lineage ends not due to death, fools bring it on steadily.
Although the graphic set in this context looks the picture of a mis-charactirisation, let's exercise some artistic license and set President Obama as our 'Solomon' in the midst.
Editorial
Osama Bin Laden (once the world's most notorious terrorist leader) had been hunted world over and some knew where he was but he always managed to elude capture. Yet a set of auspicious circumstances presented itself and one man had the wisdom, boldness and temerity to 'give the order'. Our graphic shows a now famous photo of the President and his colleagues in government huddled round thier stations in the situation room of the Oval office. They had troops in faraway Pakistan carrying out the executive order. Obama's pose and body language is most telling ... he 'leans in to it all' (and appears to be the most engaged of his whole team) - perhaps clasping his hands, with elbows resting on his knees. His face is an unmistakable mask of wisdom and resolution.
Angles and Shades: Arthur Iwualla; the peculiarity of words comes from Orodo dialect, Mbaitoli.
Proverb contributed By Arthur Iwualla, Orodo, Mbaitoli.
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