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Elders must educate the youth on proverbs

The Gikuyu of Kenya believe they have to speak in proverbs, and that he who is intelligent must understand.

The Igbo of Nigeria say that "proverbs are the kola nuts with which words are eaten", while the Yoruba aver that "a proverb is the horse of words; if a word is lost, a proverb is used to find it."

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