3 Quotes by Beninese authors

Beninese sayings speak with drumbeat cadence, earthy, wry, and steady as the harmattan. Their images come from palm groves, market stalls, and lagoons, where patience measures time and community measures worth. Elders counsel respect without softness, and jokes carry sharp lessons. Spirits and ancestors sit close to daily bread; fate is a path, not a prison, walked with responsibility and craft. Proverbs weigh silence, honor, and reciprocity, and stories let the calabash, Legba at the crossroads, and the traveler reveal what a life should hold.