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The contributors of this book invite us through Achebe to see proverbs as nuggets that open a window to a multidimensional understanding of existence, especially in a world rendered flexible and interconnected by various forms of mobility and encounters with people of diverse geography, and with different ways of being and doing. Achebe was particularly good at using proverbs to share how intelligent his Igbo community have been throughout their history in taking advantage of the promise of such encounters with other peoples and other worlds without losing sight of who they are as a people. - Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religion, Rice University, USA 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. - Grace A. Musila, Associate Professor in the Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

"""The contributors of this book invite us through Achebe to see proverbs as nuggets that open a window to a multidimensional understanding of existence, especially in a world rendered flexible and interconnected by various forms of mobility and encounters with people of diverse geography, and with different ways of being and doing. Achebe was particularly good at using proverbs to share how intelligent his Igbo community have been throughout their history in taking advantage of the promise of such encounters with other peoples and other worlds without losing sight of who they are as a people."" - Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology and Professor of Religion, Rice University, USA ""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."" - Grace A. Musila, Associate Professor in the Department of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa"

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Francis B. Nyamnjoh is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town Patrick U. Nwosu (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religions, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Hassan M. Yosimbom holds an MA in Comparative Literature (2000) from the University of Buea, Cameroon; and a PhD in African Literature (2016) from the University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.

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