Tag: proverbs

The Thread: “Pesin wey don die no dey fear knife” | Twitter NG shares their fave Nigerian expressions

It's a thing of wonder, isn't it, how Nigerians can take the English language and do "unheard-of things with it" (The Economist did a whole piece on that). We took…

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The Explainer: Why Bobrisky’s ‘work’ is actually very dangerous

There is a lot to be said for the aptness of local adages. Something about the way they help sum up a position. Even a worldview, at times. A popular…

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Femi Aribisala: The false statements present in the Bible

The bible is full of simplistic statements masquerading as God-given theological doctrines. Many of them are naïve and palpably false. Why do plagues occur? According to 2 Samuel 24, plagues…

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