African Proverbs, Parables and Wise Sayings (Paperback or Softback)

Proverbs, parables and wise sayings are life experiences. In actual fact, these are wisdoms, truths, warnings, morals, experiences and traditional views passed down from generation to generation.

These proverbs, parables and wise sayings express the wisdom of African people and are also the resources that are used to understand the Africans past and present lives.

In Sierra Leone each ethnic group used proverbs, parables and wise sayings in their conversations as a way of life.

The role and importance of proverbs, parables and wise sayings in each ethnic group's conversations provide a colorful and poetic picture of the culture and its characteristics.

Mrs. Eyamidé E. Lewis-Coker (M.A.) is a lecturer at Wilshire Computer College and Bassett Unified School District in Southern California.  She was also a lecturer at the Milton Margai Teachers' Training College and the University of Sierra Leone; Institute of Public Administration and Management in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Proverbs, parables and wise sayings serve as analogy that aid to understand the significance of message being communicated.

Mrs. Lewis-Coker has been an expertise in West African proverbs, parables and wise sayings since the age of six.  She shares her knowledge during discussions and conversations using ancestral proverbs, parables and wise sayings to point out and convey the truth in an easily understandable way.  She utilizes these proverbs, parables and wise sayings pointing out where others have failed and helping others to avoid the same mistakes.   She also uses proverbs to describe actions, show results, morals, dilemmas and consequences of choices made by people in their daily lives. 

These ancestral proverbs, parables and wise sayings are the essential vehicles that transmit African wisdom, morals, traditions and values.