African Proverbs
African Proverbs
eye proverbs
The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
proverbs superior wealth
A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
proverbs punishment
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
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
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
idle nigeria proverbs
The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria
cause love proverbs
If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
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