Conclusions and Recommendations

In the concluding chapter, I can say, the sources of information used in this book were identified. In that area, documented sources were used; these are written sources. In the Acholi language, writings of Okot p’Bitek and Angelo Banya were used, while in Luganda language, the work of Ishiabwe, Atema was used, plus other relevant sources as detailed in the work. The wordings of a number of these proverbs were found to be different in the writings of these authors. The interesting part was the findings on the basic meanings of these proverbs, which were apparently the same. Differences in wordings could reflect different contexts, but it did not take away the basic meanings. The interpretation of the deeper meanings came from trainings at different levels. The central conclusion is that proverbs are indeed very rich sources of knowledge on African socio-philosophical worldviews of the Africans. And the most urgent recommendation is that more studies should be taken in the different languages of Africa to generate better understanding of the philosophical contents in these proverbs.