This brief account will enable the reader to appreciate
the publications on Isuikwuato Proverbs, coming very soon on this Platform. It helps to create a strong link between the reader, the proverbs
and the prevailing circumstances in and around Isuikwuato that gave rise to the
proverbs.
Isuikwuato from the ages past has always been blessed with men and
women of high IQ, and for this reason Ndi-Isuikwuato or the people of
Isuikwuato, is known by the other parts of Igbo land as people who will never
speak unintelligently.
Your attention, dear esteemed reader, is drawn quickly to the fact that in
the olden days, recordkeeping and documentation, in the western way were not
only alien but totally strange to the locals, Ndi-Isuikwuato inclusive. Recordkeeping and documentation
of events, good or bad, in particular the intangible heritage of the people
were done through oral literature, such as: wise sayings, folklores, dance and songs,
myths, legends, idioms and proverbs, which occupied very prominent place and
position in the society. They served the purpose of preservation and
transmission of stored messages: events, from person to person and from generation
to generation.