“Ọwụ onye nwere efe na-ayọ akpụ !”
Proverb Contributed by Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Friday, 11 May 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Proverb #533
“Mbiji ụtara wụ la mbụ! ”
Proverb Contributed by Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Saturday, 21 January 2012
Proverb #232
“Agha eyiri eyi anaghị eri onye ngwọrọ!”
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Monday, 16 January 2012
Proverb #176
“Nkịta sị na'ihe oji eso onye afọ ukwu bụ na, ma'ọnyụghị anyụ, ọ gbọọ agbọọ!”
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Proverb #148
“Anụ gbaa ajọ ọsọ, agbanyereya ajọ egbe!”
'If the animal runs very fast the hunter shoots with greater precision'.
The livelihood of the hunter depends on getting game. However some animals have very sharp reflexes as well as SPEED! The hunter must shoot with precision or go empty handed.
In one (English) word - innovation! The increasing complexity of life always demands it. Therefore as this [see Proverb #110] equivalent puts it - if the bird learns to fly without perching, the hunter learns to shoot without missing.
Angles and Shades; By Agametochukwu D. Ihieanyigwe
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Proverb #147
“Onye ozi anaghị atụ ilulu.”
A messenger does not speak in proverbs or riddles.
Igbo adults speak in proverbs and as popularized by one of our own Igbo sages (Chinua Achebe), proverbs themselves are the proverbial palm oil with which we Igbos eat the food of communication. Proverbs convey the wisdom and authority of the speaker and part of that was inherent in the very decoding process as the hearer interprets (and perhaps responds with another proverb). Therefore a messenger does not interject his own proverb or riddle. He only delivers the message because the authority belongs to his sender.
As if it was not enough to learn this principle in Igbo, as a child my mother would quote (in latin): 'delegatus non potest delegare' whenever one of us was sent on an errand and tried sending a younger sibling. This principle of administrative law holds that one with delegated powers cannot further delegate the power (I knew you'd ask so 'yes, she is a lawyer, and yes she was still a law student or a new lawyer at the time')
Whether in Igbo, English or Latin, one should always understand and keep within the boundaries of delegated duties and powers. A messenger does not speak in proverbs and riddles!
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
Angles and Shades By: Agam D. Iheanyigwe, Ehime, Mbano
Angles and Shades By: Agam D. Iheanyigwe, Ehime, Mbano
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Proverb #146
“Atụrụ mụrụ evule gba'ka nwa!”
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
Proverb #111
"Okirikiri ka'ana agba ukwu ose, anaghị arịya elu!"
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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[Variants Posted x1]
By Chioma Maryanne Nwabor: Okirikiri k'ana agba ukwu ose, adaa [ahị] ari ya elu.
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Thursday, 5 January 2012
Proverb #94
"Ihe ana~agba n'anya, anaghị agba ya n'imi."
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
[Variants Posted x1]
By Kelechi Isiodu, Umunjam Mbieri: Ejirọ ihie ana~agba na ntị agba n'anya
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Proverb #93
"Ebe ngwere n'ile na m'akpu n'ala, anyị amaghị nke afọ n'arụ."
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
[Variants Posted x1]
By Kelechi Isiodu, Umunjam Mbieri: Ngwere nile makpu am'akpu, amaghị nke afọ n'arụ
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Proverb #84
"Nja ọhụrụ ji akpa ma'àmịrị."
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Proverb #82
"Nwa nza chere nna ya,aka ọgụ,o nwere ihe n'akụrụ ya egwu n'ọhia."
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Proverb #64
"Okwụrụ anaghị etoka onye kụrụ ya!"
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
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Saturday, 24 December 2011
Proverb #4
“Bete anụ bete anụ ọkwa n'ahụ nnama!”
Contributed By Brown Isiodu, Umunjam, Mbieri.
[Variants Posted x 1]
Chukwuemeka Umeh: Mata anu mata anu bukwa so n'ahu efi.
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A proverb of slaughter houses and cows. What can we say about that? Yeah, it is gory and not an easy sight. Yet in Igbo land as well as elsewhere, we consume loads and loads of the stuff. Meat, meat and more meat. The proverb means, 'Cut the meat, cut the meat; all this on the cow's flesh? Poor cow!' - I was paraphrasing. But if you can, look past all the blood and observe the sympathy which the elders had for their animals. If you stretch the imagination a bit, it is not hard to imagine the elders expressing this idea of care for cows to all of God's creation. When a great man or woman dies in Igbo land, it is usually an occasion for the slaughter of animals, especially cows. So rampant is the practise that as early as 1968 in his 'Ahiara Declaration', the late Igbo leader, Gen. Ojukwu, decried the practise of rich Ibos' slaughtering cows in christening ceremonies for their babies. Next time you sit down with your bowl of flesh, spare a thought for the poor cows.
A proverb of slaughter houses and cows. What can we say about that? Yeah, it is gory and not an easy sight. Yet in Igbo land as well as elsewhere, we consume loads and loads of the stuff. Meat, meat and more meat. The proverb means, 'Cut the meat, cut the meat; all this on the cow's flesh? Poor cow!' - I was paraphrasing. But if you can, look past all the blood and observe the sympathy which the elders had for their animals. If you stretch the imagination a bit, it is not hard to imagine the elders expressing this idea of care for cows to all of God's creation. When a great man or woman dies in Igbo land, it is usually an occasion for the slaughter of animals, especially cows. So rampant is the practise that as early as 1968 in his 'Ahiara Declaration', the late Igbo leader, Gen. Ojukwu, decried the practise of rich Ibos' slaughtering cows in christening ceremonies for their babies. Next time you sit down with your bowl of flesh, spare a thought for the poor cows.
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