Akan (Twi) — proverbs read closely

Parallel & Proverbs

A weekly literary miscellany

The One Who Asks Questions Doesn't Lose His Way

Ɔberebere ɔbɛhunu

ɔberebere ɔbɛhunu

An Akan proverb from Ghana says the one who asks questions will never lose the road — and what it means to build an entire worldview around the dignity of not-knowing.

Humility 1,300 wds 7 min

№ 01 Ghana

No One Points Out God to a Child

Obi nkyerɛ akwadaa Nyame

obi nkyerɛ akwadaa nyame

An Akan proverb says no one teaches a child that God exists — and Arabic, Buddhist, and Greek traditions each make the same wager, that some knowledge is born in us rather than poured in.

Humility 1,100 wds 7 min