{"id":393,"date":"2010-10-04T14:17:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T18:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/materials\/handouts\/sp\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T16:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:14:59","slug":"sp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teachingresources\/literature-language-arts\/sp\/","title":{"rendered":"Swahili Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>All cultures have proverbs, which reflect important values.<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>He who listens to an elder&#8217;s advice does not come to grief.<\/li>\n<li>One volunteer is better than ten forced men.<\/li>\n<li>A bad brother is better than no brother.<\/li>\n<li>To stumble is not too fall down but to fall forward.<\/li>\n<li>When two elephants fight the grass is trampled.<\/li>\n<li>He who mounts two horses splits in two.<\/li>\n<li>He who wants something from under the bed must stoop for it.<\/li>\n<li>He who has a full meal does not know the hungry person.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Read these proverbs and select one that you like. Write about why this proverb &#8220;speaks to you.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3>In addition you may:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>illustrate the proverb or act it out<\/li>\n<li>create a proverb of your own, using one of the following topics:\n<ul>\n<li>being a teen<\/li>\n<li>family<\/li>\n<li>arguments<\/li>\n<li>food<\/li>\n<li>friends<em>&#8230; or a topic of your own<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you create, remember that proverbs are not simply statements of fact. They represent beliefs and are usually in colorful language, especially in metaphors.<\/p>\n<p>Compiled by Barabara B. Brown Ph.D. Director<br \/>\nAfrica in Our Schools &amp; Community Program<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/\">www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach<\/a><br \/>\nbased in part on work by Ann Barysh, Sudbury,\u00a0Mass.<br \/>\nand Carol Bacak-Egbo, Pontiac, Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All cultures have proverbs, which reflect important values. He who listens to an elder&#8217;s advice does not come to grief. One volunteer is better than ten forced men. A bad brother is better than no brother. To stumble is not too fall down but to fall forward. When two elephants fight the grass is trampled. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3690,"featured_media":0,"parent":11187,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3690"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17244,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions\/17244"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}