Nea Onnim No Sua A, Ohu
He who does not know can know through learning. Ignorance is not shameful; refusing to learn is. Education is a lifelong process.
He who does not know can know through learning. Ignorance is not shameful; refusing to learn is. Education is a lifelong process.
He who does not know can become wise. Only the proud remain in ignorance.
Akan Wisdom
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- What African traditions say about elders and ancestors
Not knowing is no disgrace; refusing to learn is. Learning is framed as lifelong, which keeps the elder a student as well as a teacher.
- What African wisdom says about failure
He who does not know can come to know through learning. The Akan proverb locates the shame precisely — not in ignorance, which is everyone's starting condition, but in the pride that refuses instruction afterwards.