Proverbes kasem audio vol. 1

This application offers 255 proverbs of the traditional treasure in Kassem, a language spoken in southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana.
If you want to listen to these tales being read, click on the little icon at the top right to get the audio.
The wisdom of the kassena
Oral literature fulfills many functions in society: initiation, education, entertainment ... Proverbs and tales are more particularly the mirror of society, they underline mentalities, they reveal beliefs and value certain behaviors.
We thank all the kassena who helped us to collect these 255 kassem proverbs. The kassena often express their conception of life through proverbs. It is through this wisdom that the ancestors succeeded in educating their children.
With proverbs we enter deeply into the soul of the people, we grasp their impressions, their ideas, their feelings, their rules of life. In proverbs the wisdom of a people crystallizes, so to speak. They are lessons of the experience of centuries, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, lessons of common sense, words of old men and old women. They invite the audience to beware of appearances and to scrutinize the hidden side of things.

English
This application offers 255 proverbs from the traditional treasure of the Kasena in Kasem, a language spoken in southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana. If you want to listen to these folk-tales being read, click on the little icon at the top right to get the audio.
The wisdom of the kasena
Oral literature fulfills many functions in society: initiation, education, entertainment ... Proverbs and folk-tales are more particularly the mirror of society, they underline mentalities, they reveal beliefs and promote certain behaviors.
We thank all the Kassena friends who helped us to collect these 255 kassem proverbs. The kassena often express their conception of life through proverbs. It is through this wisdom that the ancestors succeeded in educating their children.
With proverbs we enter deeply into the soul of the people, we grasp their impressions, their ideas, their feelings, their rules of life. In proverbs the wisdom of a people crystallizes, so to speak. They are lessons from the experience of centuries, applied to the various circumstances of practical life, lessons in common sense, words of old men and women. They invite the audience to beware of appearances and to scrutinize the hidden side of things.