African Proverbs
African Proverbs
bound proverbs
If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.
best ethiopia food mankind proverbs
The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. - Ethiopia
cape ghana heavy orphan proverbs rejoice
The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
friend proverbs rescue
Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
among cow feeds nose peace proverbs shows sitting
You are sitting in peace (unharmed): as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda
ant claws moves proverbs red wide
Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda
ant cannot nigeria proverbs shade taller tree
A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
donkey knows proverbs
A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
cannot proverbs smell
A hyena cannot smell its own stench. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
kenya produced proverbs smoke suffer
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
cooked corn handful people proverbs stiff thin three
One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania
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
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
follow proverbs running
Do not follow a person who is running a way. - Kalenjin (Kenya)