African Proverbs Parables and Wise Sayings

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>Proverbs parables and wise sayings are life experiences.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>In actual fact these are wisdoms truths warnings morals experiences and traditional views passed down from generation to generation.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>These proverbs parables and wise sayings express the wisdom of African people and are also the resources that are used to understand the Africans past and present lives. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>In Sierra Leone each ethnic group used proverbs parables and wise sayings in their conversations as a way of life.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial>The role and importance of proverbs parables and wise sayings in each ethnic group's conversations provide a colorful and poetic picture of the culture and its characteristics.</SPAN><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>