Indigenous Proverbs: “We have a proverb in Hausa that says, ‘What the heart loves, there the legs will go,’” Ali offers. I smile and then ponder the meaning. Seeing the puzzled look on my face, Ali helps. “Have you ever seen the heart go somewhere it did not want to go, but it had to listen to the feet?” Wagging my head back and forth satisfies Ali. We are connecting at his cultural level, opening doors of understanding.
Sharon Asher
