The Yoruba version or the real proverb states "an okra plant cannot grow so tall to the extent that the person who planted it will not be able to pluck an okra fruit from it". The proverb stresses obedience to elderly ones even if one has outgrown them by height.
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Interestingly also a Nupe proverb - kpami e gun'gan pkami tso'a (a child is not above parental discipline)
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The first adage is Yoruba's (Ila o kin ga ju onire Lo) meaning that, you can know more than the your creator.
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YORUBA PROVERB.
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