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Greetings, and welcome to LifelinesProverbs.com, an online resource dedicated to the art and science of African proverbs. This site was created to help people appreciate and share African proverbs; and to accompany and compliment LIFELINES: The Black Book of Proverbs.
This illustrated treasury of proverbs unites the timeless wisdom of Black communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, while speaking to the triumphs and challenges of everyday life.
LIFELINES travels to all corners of the globe to reclaim and preserve African intelligence. This book offers the remarkably wise heart of Africa and her children to readers experiencing career changes, new births, weddings, death, and other rites of passage. Readers will find truth in the African saying, “When the occasion arises, there is a proverb to suit it.”
Indeed, LIFELINES offers wisdom for every stage of our lives. For example:
- Birth and Parenting: “When a yam does not grow well, do not blame the yam; it is because of the soil.” (Ghana)
- Marriage: “Patience makes a marriage succeed.” (Ghana)
- Money Problems: “The poor person does not experience poverty all the time.” (Ghana)
- Peace and War: “To engage in conflict, one does not bring a knife that cuts, but a needle that sews.” (Kiswahili)
- Elderhood: “The compassion of a people is cultivated at a grandmother’s knee.” (Zimbabwe)
LIFELINES illuminates how traditions, civilization and spirit survive and thrive, despite centuries of loss of freedom, family, identity, language, land, and wealth. These proverbs offer wisdom for every stage of our lives. Collected in one place as never before, it is the perfect addition to the book shelves of families large and small, from Nairobi to New Orleans and every city, community, town, and village in between.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by our website. Don’t know what to do? Here are our suggestions- you can:
- Read today’s African proverb
- Read a random African Proverb
- Answer our poll question
- Look who is reading Lifelines
- Share an African proverb
- Submit a question
- Request an author visit
Please enjoy LifelinesProverbs.com and we hope you will visit often.
- Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers
In honor of our past,
and with hope for our future,
the authors are donating a portion
of their LIFELINES royalty proceeds to
Safe Africa’s Children.
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