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200 Best African proverbs and sayings to give wise life advice for various situations and inspire people all over the world through simple words and messages. <\/span><\/p>\n

If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how hot your anger is it cannot cook yams.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t procrastinate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A chattering bird builds no nest.<\/span>
\nCameroonian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun.<\/span>
\nSenegalese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One does not love if one does not accept from others.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

To love someone who does not love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.<\/span>
\nCongolese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls.<\/span>
\nSouth African Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.<\/span>
\nSenegalese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river.<\/span>
\nLiberian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A weapon that you don’t have in your hand will not kill a snake. Looking for something can get in the way of finding it.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A leopard is chasing us, and you are asking me, “Is it a male or a female?”<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who end up accomplishing great things pay attention to little ones.<\/span>
\nMali Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One who has to yet learn to walk cannot climb a ladder.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When a needle falls into a well, many people will look into the well, but only a few will be ready to go down after it.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.<\/span>
\nAkan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A low-class man will just talk; deeds are the hallmark of a gentleman.<\/span>
\nSwahili Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The chicken that can dig for food will not sleep hungry.<\/span>
\nCongolese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Crawling on your hands and knees has never prevented any person from walking upright.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree.<\/span>
\nCameroonian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The water of the river flows on without waiting for the thirsty man.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no elephant that complains about the weight of its trunk. No elephant is burdened by the weight of its tusks.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

During times of peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.<\/span>
\nUgandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A great leader is an ordinary person with extraordinary wisdom.<\/span>
\nMalawian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and foolish build dams.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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Advice is like a stranger; if he\u2019s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.<\/span>
\nMalagasy Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

God has created lands with lakes and bountiful rivers for man to live. And the wide deserts so that he can find his soul.<\/span>
\nTuareg Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A hyena does not change its spots even if it moves to a different forest.<\/span>
\nMalawian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A roaring lion kills no game.<\/span>
\nUgandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One who possesses much wisdom has it in the heart, not on the lips.<\/span>
\nUgandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One may have two legs, but that does not mean one can climb two trees at the same time.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A wise man who knows the proverbs of the land reconciles difficulties.<\/span>
\nAshanti Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Teeth do not see poverty.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t call the forest that shelters you a jungle.<\/span>
\nGhanaian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A flea can trouble a lion much more than a lion can trouble a flea.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you offend, then ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The only time you will see a quiet snake is when it has swallowed another snake.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief’s court.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A healthy person who keeps begging for food is an insult to a generous farmer.<\/span>
\nGhanaian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who burns down his house is aware why ashes cost a fortune.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When the roots of a majestic tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.<\/span>
\nNigerian proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Rain beats the leopard’s skin but it does not wash out the spots.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A doctor who invoked a storm on his people cannot prevent his own house from destruction.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not blame God for creating the tiger, just thank Him for not giving it wings.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowledge without wisdom is just like water in the sand.<\/span>
\nGuinean Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who knows not one thing knows another.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you pick up one end of a stick, you also pick up the other.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who’s destined for power does not have to fight for it.<\/span>
\nUgandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The day before yesterday and yesterday aren’t the same as today.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When the village chief himself goes around inviting people to a meeting, know there is something wrong with the system.<\/span>
\nMalawian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Make some money but don\u2019t let money make you.<\/span>
\nTanzanian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail.<\/span>
\nGambian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners.<\/span>
\nSwahili Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When I think of the others’ misfortunes, I forget mine.<\/span>
\nAlgerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail?<\/span>
\nRwandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Madness does not govern a country; discussion does.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The pillar of the world is hope.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to walk than curse the road.<\/span>
\nSenegalese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you see that a town respects a calf, then cut the grass and feed it.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Between true friends, even water drunk together is sweet enough.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Affairs of the home should not be discussed in the public square.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Unity is strength, division is weakness.<\/span>
\nSwahili Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Telling a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole in it.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.<\/span>
\nTanzanian proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

In a family, if you have somebody who is troublesome it is the family members who are more worried than the troublesome member.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them?<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.<\/span>
\nGhanaian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Show me your friend and I will show you your character.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

How gently glides the married life away, When she who rules still seems but to obey.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A woman\u2019s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you marry a monkey for his money, the money will go away and the monkey will stay the same.<\/span>
\nEgyptian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes loves, and honors her; she is a goddess.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He that has never traveled thinks that his mother is the only good cook in the world.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father\u2019s estate.<\/span>
\nIgbo Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won\u2019t eat you.<\/span>
\nAfrican proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A diamond does not lose its value due to lack of admiration.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When sleeping women wake, they move mountains!<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up.<\/span>
\nGhanaian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not spend the evening in a house where you cannot spend the night.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The best way to eat an elephant in your path is to cut him up into little pieces.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Slander by the stream will be heard by the frogs.<\/span>
\nMozambican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When the right-hand washes the left-hand and the left-hand washes the right-hand, both hands become clean.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The big game often appears when the hunter has given up the hunt for the day.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The king who shuts his eyes during famine in the land will soon see ancestors.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. <\/span>
\nCongolese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it chased it.<\/span>
\nSouth African Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.<\/span>
\nIgbo (Nigerian) Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A spider\u2019s cobweb isn\u2019t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When the rhythm of the drumbeat changes, the dance steps must adapt.<\/span>
\nNamibian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When a bitter woman takes over the house, the family she rules is doomed.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you educate a man, you educate one person. If you educate a woman, you educate a whole family.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can go to sleep. If women say so, stay awake.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A women\u2019s beauty is not hidden in her face.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one, in turn, looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.<\/span>
\nAkan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

How easy it is to defeat people who do not kindle fire for themselves!<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When elephant steps on a trap, no more trap.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Wisdom does not come overnight.<\/span>
\nSomali Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the beauty of the moon, sun, and the stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightning.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.<\/span>
\nZambian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

You must attend to your business with the vendor in the market, and not to the noise of the market.<\/span>
\nBeninese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you have been tossed by a buffalo, a black ox looks like a buffalo.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Rain does not fall on one roof alone.<\/span>
\nCameroonian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No one became wealthy because they broke a holiday and no one who gained weight because they broke a fast.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.<\/span>
\nMalawi Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowledge is like a garden. If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A leader in the community without a pot belly is a stingy man.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Where you sit when you are old shows where you stood when you were a youth.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If two wise men always agree, then there is no need for one of them.<\/span>
\nZambian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.<\/span>
\nAkan (Ghanaian) Proverb.<\/span><\/p>\n

A quarrelsome chief does not hold a village together.<\/span>
\nMalawi Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

To agree to have dialogue is the beginning of a peaceful resolution.<\/span>
\nSomali Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones. <\/span>
\nTswana Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the duty of children to wait on elders and not the elders on children.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Counsel and advice him, if he refuses to listen, then let adversity teach him.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It takes a village to raise a child.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A child is like an axe; even if it hurts you, you still carry it on your shoulder.<\/span>
\nBemba Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.<\/span>
\nAshanti Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Children are the reward of life.<\/span>
\nCongolese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The laughter of a child lights up the house.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.<\/span>
\nIvorian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open.<\/span>
\nZambian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

If a child washes his hands, he could eat with Kings!<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The rainmaker who doesn’t know what he’s doing will be found out by the lack of clouds.<\/span>
\nUgandan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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No matter how tall your grandfather was, you have to do your own growing.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings.<\/span>
\nSudanese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A baby cannot be heard crying in his mother\u2019s womb.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late.<\/span>
\nEthiopian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

By crawling a child learns to stand.<\/span>
\nWest African Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

When you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger.<\/span>
\nZambian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A debt between children born by the same mother is paid in a clever way.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.<\/span>
\nMoroccan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.<\/span>
\nNigerian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no beauty but the beauty of action.<\/span>
\nMoroccan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how beautiful and well-crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.<\/span>
\nBaluba (Congolese) Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Several repeated visits to the mud pit enable the wasp to build its house.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Each trip gives you its own uniqueness.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

In the birds’ court, a cockroach never wins his case.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how many house chores you complete, there are always more to be done.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

There is always a winner, even in a monkey\u2019s beauty contest.<\/span>
\nWest African Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.<\/span>
\nMoroccan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.<\/span>
\nZulu Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.<\/span>
\nYoruba Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Try this bracelet: if it fits you wear it; but if it hurts you, throw it away no matter how much it sparkles.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.<\/span>
\nEgyptian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.<\/span>
\nZulu Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

By the time a fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.<\/span>
\nAshanti Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to be poor when one is young, rather than becoming poor at old age.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

Even the king of the forest, the lion, protects himself against flies.<\/span>
\nGhanaian Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

No person is born great; great people become great when others are sleeping.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A bird does not change its feathers because the weather is bad.<\/span>
\nKenyan Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

One who is willing to bathe with cold water doesn\u2019t feel the cold.<\/span>
\nFipa Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the crooked wood that can show the best sculptor.<\/span>
\nAfrican Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

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African history and values<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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