Yoruba Proverbs:

• Proverbs help to drive the point home
• The door doesn’t disturb the thief from entering in the house, we
  only put the door not to hold the goat back.
• He who goes to fetch the water from the pot says he sees a snake, what about
  the person who went to fetch the water from the river?
  
  
  

Duel under the Moon

    
Once upon a time in a village, there was a very beautiful girl that was contested by two young men, and she didn’t know which of the two to choose, because she liked them both. She didn’t want to disappoint any of them, so she kept dragging on.
Though Muthinda knew that she had to choose one, so she promised to make her choice during the  new yam harvest celebration.
The new yam and other farm produce were usually first offered to the gods to thank and appease them before the folks could consume them.
During this event, young men and women could  marry, or choose a partner, and at that time  Muthinda was contended by two young men. She didn’t know what to do, even if she had a preference among the two. Mudinga was a shy, but kind and gentle, while Kalu his rival, was arrogant, and liked flirting with many village girls.