Umulumendo uyu should learn from this Bemba wisdom, which literally says that the life of a person is in the ear. One who is willing to listen avoids a lot of trouble and perhaps an untimely death. Cula cintomfwa, apulikila mulemba mu kutwi – the frog who did not listen burst his ear drum. The unheeding person comes to grief.

Icikutilwe tacumfwa ndibu – an idiot does not hear the warning bell. A senseless person does not heed good advice.

Amano uli weka, tayashinguluka ulukobo – alone, your brain is not a sufficient source of knowledge. Even if you are intelligent, you can’t always know everything and still need other people’s knowledge or insights.

Fred M’membe
President of the Socialist Party