When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him – Ashanti proverb
This excellent Ghanaian adage is self-explanatory. I’ll try to explain some salient points.
Generally, it’s an African believe that a child who goes nearer to his father grow up acting and speaking like him. Indeed, this is true in every society and even the animal world.
‘Father‘ here symbolises anyone who one observes or follow. For instance, if John, a Zimbabwean, is obsessed with American pop culture, he will end up dressing, talking and living like a pop star. In other words, we are influenced by who we look up to as role models and what we chose to feed our minds with.
A similar proverb talks about chicks watching and learning while the hen scratches and picks seeds from dirt. What do you think?
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