African Proverbs
African Proverbs
eye proverbs
The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
proverbs punishment
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
proverbs superior wealth
A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
donkey knows proverbs
A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
lion proverbs roaring
He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana
falls proverbs rain
God's rain falls even on the . - Fipa, Tanzania
kenya produced proverbs smoke suffer
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
cape fine ghana paid proverbs sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
proverbs talk
We should talk while we are still alive. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
nigeria pillar proverbs
The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria