I must commend our author, Loolo Florence Chinyere Duru, for her deep interest in the Igbo language and its proverbs. Proverbs are the wisdom of a people in a nutshell. Complex stories and situations ...

A Nigerian proverb, "One who has been bitten by a snake lives in fear of worms," highlights how past trauma can lead to ...

In no language do proverbs plays a more important role than in Igbo. It has been wisely said in “proverb” that “Ilu bụ mmanụ eji eri okwu”. A good understanding of Igbo Proverbs would automatically ...

Igbo speakers in Nigeria reveal their favourite proverbs, and what they mean. Listen to and download programmes from the World Service's Identity season. As people become increasingly connected and ...

The Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, is set to launch Nigeria’s first Dictionary of Igbo Proverbs as a way of immortalizing its first Director and renowned poet, Prof.

Obodo dị iche iche n'ala Igbo nwere nkwenye ha kwenyere gbasara ụfọdụ ụmụ anụmanụ. Ọtụtụ nkwenye ndi a bụ ihe a na-akpọ Ụchi nke bekee na-akpọ "Premonition" ebe nke ọzo bụ Nkwenyeasi nke Bekee na-akpọ ...

Proverbs are an integral part of African culture. Passed on from generation to generation for centuries, they are still in wide use today and are very much part of everyday speech. Proverbs are used ...

I must commend our author, Loolo Florence Chinyere Duru, for her deep interest in the Igbo language and its proverbs. Proverbs are the wisdom of a people in a nutshell. Complex stories and situations ...

"A baby on its mother's back does not know the way is long" Proverbs are an integral part of African culture. Passed on from generation to generation for centuries, they are still in wide use today ...