What then is a postproverbial, or to address the form in the plural sense, what are postproverbials? Postproverbials are radicalized proverbial utterances which subvert the logic and the pattern of conventional proverbs...
Proverb: Mtoto akililia wembe mpe.
Translation: If a child cries for a razor give it to him.
Proverb: Dedɛɛro chim mo wae vio.
Translation: It is the powerful person’s arrow that can withstand the wind.
Proverb: Yɛde akyire gya wo a, ɛnka wo nko.
Translation: If we leave you as caretaker you are not regarded as being alone.
Proverb: W’adaka si aburokyire a, deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa wonim.
Translation: If your possessions are abroad, you know what is yours (wherever it may be).
Proverb: Kugocha kunoda kwaamai, kwemwana kunodzima moto.
Translation: Roasting is tolerated when it is mother doing it, when the child does it, it is described as destructive to the fire.
Proverb: Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu.
Translation: He who does not heed the elder’s/senior’s advice, breaks his leg.
