This festschrift is in honour of Professor Yisa Kehinde Yusuf, a distinguished Nigerian scholar, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University, and a recognised world authority on proverbs. The thirty-one papers in the volume explore Professor Yusuf's academic concerns, grouped under five themes: Theoretical Perspectives; Language and Gender Issues; Language, Politics and the Media; Language and Social/Political Mobilisation; and Politics, Proverbs and Literary Discourse. The contributors are largely from academic institutions in Nigeria; with contributions from, Botswana, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudia Arabia, and the UK.