Esther Alo's comment thread on TwoCents

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Esther Alo

Freelancer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko • Lagos • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

I'm not Igbo but this part stuck with me:"...Eze nwekwara nne mụrụ ya -Even a king has a mother who gave birth to him."I'm even trying to pronounce the Igbo😩😂We're nothing without our source, no truer words.We didn't come to this world perfect and made, we were once weaklings who grew and became a better version.The way you started the insight with describing the Niger river, I was thinking you have a fascination with the river but you passed the message so well.....

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Benedict Ugbede-Ojo Odekina. Student. • Kaduna, Nigeria • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Esther. 😂

What a great sense of humour you have.

We will correspond subsequently, dear fellow non Igbo. 😅

Ealo

Freelancer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko • Lagos, Nigeria • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Wow that's amazing🤭

Looking forward to more Igbo proverbs from you, my fellow non Igbo🌚😂🫶

Benedict Ugbede-Ojo Odekina. Student. • Kaduna, Nigeria • 3 weeks, 4 days ago

😅

I am not Igbo too, Esther, but I love Igbo proverbs so much. Achebe describes proverbs as the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

There is another proverb I like so much that still correlates with this theme: "He who keeps looking at the king's mouth forgets the breast he suckled." The proverb reminds us not to become so dazzled by power, wealth, status, that we forget humble beginnings.

Thanks so much. I am glad you adjudged me to have delivered the message well.

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