Dearest Wayo,
Warm regards and respects too for shining the light on Churchill's dissertation. The literalisation of the proverbs was indeed what led CO to misconstrue them as an attempt at inferioritisation of the Igbowoman. Recall that i returned to sender using the proverb of young man who wanted to lift up his father and if CO were to literally interpret that he might misconstrue the objects that will daze the foolish son, during the effort to be literally objects like aball in a sack
But what is meant is that the foolish boy will meet with serious obstacles both spiritiual and physical.
Reminds me of the parable of the lost sheep which an economist friend of mine explained does not make economic sense because the shepherd not only risked the fate of ninety nine in the wilderness inhabited by wild beasts but also killed another innocent three to celebrate the recovery of a prodigal one. Is he not encouraging prodigality among his sheeps by so doing?
