Lifelines: The Black Book Of Proverbs

Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelinesis a book to be read, absorbed and treasured.-Pearl Cleage, New York Times best selling author of What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary DayThis illustrated treasury of proverbs unites the timeless wisdom of Black communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, while speaking to the triumphs and challenges of everyday life.Lifelines: The Black book of Proverbs travels to all corners of the globe to reclaim and preserve African wisdom. This bookoffers the remarkably wise heart of Africa and her children to readers experiencing career changes, new births, weddings, death, and other rites of passage. Readers will find truth in the African saying,