Two New African Proverbs:
1. The same people who place their knee on your neck will also be the first to ask “Why can’t you breathe?”
2. The same people who are causing your sadness will also be the first to ask “Why can’t you laugh?”
(Adapted from the Yoruba proverb, “Ẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ ni di olóríburúkú ni ó kọ́kọ́ má a ń fi bú ni:
The same person who ruined you will be the first to call you “A ruined person.”
It’s a strange world. Get used to it.
Picture shows the youngest artist at the Akodi Orisa Center in Ile Ife.
