“Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story.”
Whoever controls the telling of a story shapes how it is remembered; the powerless must find their own voice or be defined by others.
— Traditional Benin Wisdom, Benin
Source: Traditional Ewe-mina proverb, shared Benin-Ghana-Togo heritage, public-domain oral tradition (recorded as African Proverb of the Month, Apr. 2006, African Proverbs Working Group, Tangaza University)
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