Lifelines - African proverbs for daily living

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

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Showing posts with label cooperation. Show all posts

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Coming together to run far

When you run alone, you run fast. When you run together, you run far. (Zambia) Jamaicans have run fast when they seem to run alone. Usain B...

Friday, August 6, 2010

Finding independence when fingers stop quarreling

If the fingers of one hand quarrel, they can't pick up the food. (East Africa) Dear Zayda, The British let go of Jamaica 48 years ago. M...

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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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