What people have said about the book

"The idea of using African proverbs could be the innovative alternative to the current standard practices because proverbs challenge people's values, behaviors and attitudes which are core ingredients for lasting change" Pappie Mokoena, Mayor of Pretoria

"Using African Proverbs as a tool for development offers an immense potential for institutional development as proverbs have the ability to connect people to their deeply held values" Professor Coraile Bryant, Columbia State University

"I was facilitating a leadership development workshop with a group of senior executives from Nigeria . I used some proverbs on leadership from, 'Understanding Organizational Sustainability through African Proverbs: Insights for Leaders and Facilitators'. The senior executives were able to identify the proverbs and their equivalents in their local languages! The proverbs greatly facilitated the process". Chuck Phillips, Organization Development Practitioner, Reddy.Phillips, An American Organization Development Consultancy Firm

"The Use of African Proverbs as a tool for institutional capacity building is a breakthrough discovery ushering us into a new era of development practice" A patron at the launch of ‘Understanding Organizational Sustainability through African Proverbs

"I am reading your book – a true indigenous approach to development. I have not come across a development resource material that contextualises my Malawian world (as does this one)" Gertrude Kabwazi, Development Practitioner, Projects Office, CCAP, Blantyre Synod

"It sounds great" Robert Chambers, IDS