“Drawing inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s work – in itself a remarkable archive of Igbo proverbs – this book is a tapestry of insights into the centrality of proverbs as a multifaceted archive of African thought on what it means to be human, to be in relation, and to nurture communities that unconditionally uphold the wellbeing of the human, the natural environment and the spiritual realms. [….] While these chapters approach African proverbs from fields as diverse as communication, linguistics, popular music and literary studies, collectively, they attest to the rich canvas of human experience that Achebe’s own writing honoured.”
