🗣️ Nigeria: “In a shared hardship, no one can claim the storm is mild”

When the rain is beating down and the people are crowded under a little shelter, no one can say the rain is gentle.

“In a shared hardship, no one can claim the storm is mild”

A common crisis felt by all cannot be spun as easy by any one person — trouble levels the group. A traditional Igbo saying popularised by Chinua Achebe.

A single hand cannot tie a bundle.

aka otu ụgbọ anaghị ekwe ke

“One hand cannot tie a bundle”

Cooperation is necessary — no one can accomplish a real task alone.