African Proverb
African Proverb
forget small sun village
The sun does not forget a village just because it is small
counts given man
Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given
children duty elders wait
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children
cannot cut sharper
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.
became broke ethiopia fat rich
There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia
double meaning phrase
There is no phrase without a double meaning
alone ashes cleaning fire join people
When making a fire people like to join you, when cleaning the ashes you are often alone
coming man toward
When a man is coming toward you, you need not say: ""Come here
elephant flies tail though
Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
cape ghana grow happen lion though time
Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. - Cape Coast, Ghana
man poor rich tribe
The poor man and the rich man do not play together. Ashanti tribe
arguing chicken corn grain wrong
when arguing with a chicken a grain of corn is always wrong
cape defeat ghana troubles
When you are at home, your troubles can never defeat you. - Cape Coast, Ghana
destined monkey slippery trees
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery