Comments on the Proverbs Book

Hello Alaba, just got round to reading above. Good thought. A friend just confirmed buying your book. He commented about the detailed research and I have asked him to also post this when ready as per his review.


As someone with long interest in proverbs, I hugely admire individuals that have a mastery of when to use it to enrich a conversation. Alaba J. Babalola in my opinion has shortened the process of mastery of key Yoruba proverbs in this book titled “A discussion of 250 deep Yoruba Proverbs”. 
What he has been able to achieve in this book is to provide the “missing link” towards gaining a clearer and better understanding of 250 Yoruba Proverbs. It is a masterpiece of Yoruba proverbs threaded carefully to support:  “when”, “how” and “why” to introduce a proverb or proverbs in a conversation or situation context. 
An encyclopaedia and worthy read, deserving a lifetime spot in any good bookshelf.  Highly recommended.

- Jide Sowade

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