Abstract
The power of the proverb in African judicial processes has been exaggerated by past scholars. Proverb rhetoric is effective when it is matched by a comparable control offacts, evidence, as well as compliance with customary law. A proverb's rhetorical force use can hardly be separated from the efficacy of the argument it embellishes; the two go hand in hand. The article is based on fieldwork among the Akan of Ghana.
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