African pearls

By Maikel Iglesias

The gems that make up this collection have survived fires, looting, shipwrecks, schisms, exile, and epidemics. They have endured the loss of some of the languages through which they first saw the light of this world. These pearls of wisdom-both original and diasporic-are perhaps an early form of encrypted messaging, ancestral prototypes of the modern drones that, from anonymity or through partial and sometimes imprecise translations, have safeguarded identities and intimate values that transcend the ferocity of the ages.

The best-kept secrets of every culture are sheltered in proverbs, in the cherished "nuts" of each saying. When you have nothing to say, or feel overwhelmed by the suspicion that everything has already been said, read a proverb. Proverbs reveal pathways into the soul and offer new insights into our shared humanity.

This work carries a tiny chest of 192 proverbs-words that have crossed time and borders, now gathered to echo the wisdom that unites us all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DVPY46V8
• ISBN13: 9798307962558
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"