Lifelines - African proverbs for daily living

These proverbs and commentaries provide inspiration, a "lifeline" for each day.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Ma Rainey's "shop" keeps her

MARCH 4 Women's History Month Keep you shop and you shop will keep you. (Jamaica) Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939) I first...

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Yvonne McCalla Sobers: Kingston, Jamaica; I am a Jamaican who writes fiction and non-fiction. I graduated from the University of the West Indies and taught English and history for much of my career. I live in Kingston, and frequently travel to North America. I have also visited several islands in the Caribbean as well as Mexico and Ecuador. In addition, I worked for many years in Britain and in Ghana. Living in Africa helped me to identify the roots of proverbs I learned as a child when I first fell in love with these sayings. I am the author of the cookbook Delicious Jamaica! Vegetarian Cuisine (Book Publishing Company, 1996). Askhari Johnson Hodari (of Birmingham, Alabama) and I are joint authors of Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs (Random House, 2009) NOTE: Profile photo is taken by Sabriya Simon

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