Ua preface is a word that accompanies another. Accompanying is not being the initiator of the trip, that is to say master of its rhythm and its destination. We adopt the project of the one we support.
The last of the seven commandments of Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei Amah's therapists commands respect for the elders (The Healers 1978 p.96). The young Densu asks his master of initiation Damfo if only they must be respected. The latter just laughed. If we know how to respect there is no reason not to do it for everyone.
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