@article{Irabor_2019, title={Proverbs and Moral Development in Africa: An Exploration of the Parallels between Culture and Education}, volume={6}, url={http://ujh.unilag.edu.ng/article/view/324}, abstractNote={<p>This paper examines proverbs in the light of moral development within the <br>African sub-continent. Proverbs are phrases that give witty advice or something <br>that is true. In recent times, the plausibility for proverbs as instructional and <br>educational tool for moral development has been reduced. Perhaps, this is owing <br>to the reality of the New-Age in the Africa of the 21<br>st<br>century; which is confronted <br>with the tension of Euro-Christian civilization, Arab-Islamic Invasion and her <br>indigenous World-view. While the first two civilizations have wielded <br>considerable influence on the minds of Africans, the third has an impact that <br>seems not only to be waning but intellectually on the defence. Thus, certain salient <br>questions need to be asked. They include: Why is the African indigenous Worldview on the decline? Does the African culture possess nothing significant for <br>Africans? In the light of the foregoing, this study situates its argument on<br>proverbs within the African indigenous thought system. This is as a way of <br>providing an explanatory justification for the presence of a tool for moral <br>development that is authentically African. This study concludes that an inquiry <br>into African proverbs will contribute to the moral development of the African <br>mind through acquaintance with the indigenous language.</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Unilag Journal of Humanities}, author={Irabor, Benson Peter}, year={2019}, month={Apr.}, pages={139-160} }