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RE: The Sad Fading Away of the Rich Ibibio Proverbs and Idiomatic Expressions

in Steem4Nigeria6 days ago (edited)

I must applaud you for this strong and great message and reminder you put up in this writing. It is a fact that Africa are losing its cultural heritage not only in Proverbs but also in way of life. We call it civilization, yeah civilization is good but sometimes influences some of our unique way of doing things that promoted unity and foster peace among us. Our elders especially in our Efik Ibibio culture were always seen as the seat of wisdom, has such much respect were given to them accordingly, but now it is actually fading away as you said, our parents no longer used our language on their children, some are even seeing it as a wrong practice to use Ibibio language while communicating with their children. Yes we are losing it and it a pity . I really love this write up you put up here, it is so rich in content.

Before I forgot, you really have a good voice, and am so proud to hear you sing a very deep efik Ibibio Folk song, waooow this your post deserves applauses. Who taught you the nke (Proverbs) that you used. You ehhhh your creativity is brightening up day in day out.