such proverbs are miss interpreted by our African leaders..they justify their long stay in power with wisdom.
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Nigeria is the way it is because some elders think they know better and they impose their outdated /stagnating logic on us .
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while proverbs like this one are full of wisdom, their application (especially now) has brought the continent to its junk status
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..from a tree top...
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Yes, "what an old man saw a boy cannot see even if he goes up a hill". A similar proverb from Hausa lands of Northern Nigeria.
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And vice versa...what the young man sees from a tree top.......both views compliment to make a whole
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I literally just told this proverb to my kid brother on advising him why not all girls make good wives!
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but not by a blind old man, some old men just can't see the future, some young men do take not of that too
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There's a similar Kikuyu proverb. Very similar!
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