Agbàlọ́wọ́ọ méèrí, Baálẹ̀ Jòǹtolo — Yoruba Wisdom on Power and Extortion
Some leaders are remembered for building. Others are remembered for taking. Yoruba wisdom preserves both, but never confuses the two. A piercing Yoruba proverb that names power without mercy and leadership without conscience. When authority feeds on scarcity, culture never forgets, and neither does history.