Owe: Yoruba by Proverbs

Name: Owe: Yoruba by Proverbs
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In this book, Anthony Kila uses Yoruba proverbs to give us a flavour of a complex and imposing culture. While he is very committed to African culture and values, he is also keen on demystification. In his view, it is not demystification that kills a tradition but ignorance. When choosing the proverbs presented in the following pages, he was careful to avoid romanticizing the Yoruba people or attributing any bizarre qualities to them.

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About the Author

1996 Heritage Prize, Anthony A. Kila is a Jean Monnet Professor of Strategy and Development. He is the Institute Director at the Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies, Lagos. He was also an international Director of Studies at ECAPS in Cambridge. He is a fellow at the European Institute for Social and Economic Development, a regular commentator on the BBC, and a columnist with The Punch, Leadership, Independent, Business Day, and Europa; his articles and essays are also published in various other news outlets.

Anthony Kila studied in Cambridge, London, Perugia, and Suffolk. He has taught in a variety of colleges and universities in Cambridge, Ipswich, Lecce, London, Perugia, Siena, and Lagos.
His other works on African studies and culture include Modern State and the Ethnic Factor, The House of Secrets and Nations, and Nationalism in Africa.