Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde
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Yoruba Proverbs with Bidemi Ologunde
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Email: bidemiologunde@gmail.com In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores five Yoruba proverbs about reputation, courage, borrowing, unemployment, and honor. What happens when public disgrace only reveals private neglect? Why do some people confront the weak while avoiding their equals? When does borrowing become a costume rather than support? Through historical context and modern anecdotes, this episode shows how Yoruba wisdom still speaks clearly to personal character, family life, leadership, and institutional trust.

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