The Yoruba people are an ethic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin. Together, these regions are known as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute over 40 million people in total.
The Yoruba tribe are known for buttressing their points with proverbs and witty saying. Though these proverbs are wise words, they sometimes sound funny.
Let's take a look at some of the most common ones and their meanings.
- A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with a careless aim: It simply means that one need to manage his or her resources properly.
- A sheep that mingles with dogs will eat faeces: If you move with the wrong set of people, you will end p acting like them
- No one can tell which lizard has stomach ache because they all lay on their belly: We can't tell real love by the face alone
- When it rains on a leopard it doesn't wash off its spot: It means tough time don't last but tough people do.
- By trying often after the monkey, one has to learn to jump from tree to tree without falling: Practice makes perfection.
- It is better to eat mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery:
Comfort-ability should be chosen over luxury.
- You do not beat a child on the day he breaks a pot: One should start cautioning a child from the earliest.
- If you listen to the noise of the market, you won't buy anything: One should face what is paramount to one first before other things.
- If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime: It is better to empower someone than helping he or she with stipends.
What goes up must surely come down: What goes around, comes around.
Do you know any wise words or proverbs from the Yoruba people? Please put it as a comment.
The Yoruba tribe are known for buttressing their points with proverbs and witty saying. Though these proverbs are wise words, they sometimes sound funny.
Let's take a look at some of the most common ones and their meanings.
- A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with a careless aim: It simply means that one need to manage his or her resources properly.
- A sheep that mingles with dogs will eat faeces: If you move with the wrong set of people, you will end p acting like them
- No one can tell which lizard has stomach ache because they all lay on their belly: We can't tell real love by the face alone
- When it rains on a leopard it doesn't wash off its spot: It means tough time don't last but tough people do.
- By trying often after the monkey, one has to learn to jump from tree to tree without falling: Practice makes perfection.
- It is better to eat mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery:
Comfort-ability should be chosen over luxury.
- You do not beat a child on the day he breaks a pot: One should start cautioning a child from the earliest.
- If you listen to the noise of the market, you won't buy anything: One should face what is paramount to one first before other things.
- If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime: It is better to empower someone than helping he or she with stipends.
What goes up must surely come down: What goes around, comes around.
Do you know any wise words or proverbs from the Yoruba people? Please put it as a comment.
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