Origine: Yoruba, West Africa
Source: Yoruba proverb; documented in yorubalibrary.com leadership collection and Babalola & Atanda, "Leadership Principles in Yoruba Proverbs" (2024). Translation and explanation as given for the same Yoruba text in David T. Adamo, "Ancient Israelite and African proverbs as advice, reproach, warning, encouragement and explanation," HTS Theological Studies 71(3), 2015; the saying was earlier shown here in yorubalibrary.com's looser paraphrase ("A town with an elder does not go astray")
La source l’explique: it is the responsibility of elders in all situations to make sure that misunderstandings which may lead to unpleasantness are explained and removed
. La formulation du sens est de nous.