Charles Okpei

Custodian of customs, traditions and the wisdom of my forefathers

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The palm kernel a man throws forward while walking along the road, he must come across later #AnEvilManWillSoonBecomeAVictimOfHisEvilDeeds

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The crab once said that he would leave once play has come to where arms will be broken. #BeMindfulOfYourBehaviour #KnowWhenToStop #Wisdom

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

Money borrowers of yesterday have blocked the road for borrowers of today #DoNotBeGreedy #RepayYourDebtsAsSoonAsYouCan #ThankTheLender

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The squirrel visiting a beehive should have known the kind of reception it would get there. #DoNotFlirtWithDanger #LetWisdomGuideYou

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

If a man cannot be good when young, he cannot be good when old. #CharacterFormedIsHardToChange #StartEarly #WordsOfOurFathers

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

We cannot scratch the eyes with what is used for picking the teeth #BewareOfillFittingCompanionship #ChooseYourFriendsWisely #Wisdom

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The child who helps lift thatches for his father to mend the roof is sure of a sound sleep when it rains #WorkForThePeaceYouDesire

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

When the rope with which firewood is tied breaks, the wood scatters. #UnityIsStrength #CooperationMakesItHappen Do not #BreakRanks #Wisdom

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

It is only when the shoulder agrees that the head can enter a house. #CooperationMakesItHappen #WordsOfOurFathers are #WordsOfWisdom

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The tree that grows near a kola nut tree cannot bear kola nuts. #GreatnessIsNotContagiousLikeThat #WatchLearnWorkAndBecome #SayingsOfTheWise

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

If a juju is moulded with clay, when its owner is drawing rain he should have first thought of what would happen to it. #WordsOfWisdom

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

A fish which eats worms abundantly in one spot often, may one day eat one with a fisherman's hook in it #EverydayForTheThiefOneDay ...

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

Some people founded the town before the native doctors started playing their drums in it #CurbYourPride #RespectThePioneersOfYourArt

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

Death is the whip which must flog everyone who travels the road of life. Our elders say... #TheUltimateEndOfLife #LiveToBeRememberedForGood

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

For, before a man could perceive the odour of himself, he must have gone almost decomposed. #FirstLookAtYourself #BetterNotToBeAFaultfinder

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

Only the door can see things that happen both inside and outside the house it guards #YouOnlySeeWhatTheyShowYou #QuitCoveting

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

Are you that ungrateful? You left the mortar & pestle with which you pounded yam outside. Now see how the rains and sun have dealt with it!

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

It is sad that the hoe which was the best companion of the farmer during planting season has been completely forgotten during harvest season

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

The wife of the porcupine is now used to the spikes on its body that's why they're still living together #QuitCoveting #TheyLieOnSocialMedia

[Charles Okpei @ourfatherssay]

It is not the smiling face a man wears when borrowing money that he wears at the time of repaying. #ItIsNotOkayToRepayGoodWithEvil