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African Proverb Quotes

A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)



Where the rooster crows there is a village. -Schambala proverb



The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)



Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa



You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya



One cannot count on riches. Somalia



However long the night, the dawn will break.



If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.



One who is crazy for meat hunts buffalo. Luganda, Uganda



You can not take away someone's luck. - Kalenjin (Kenya)



One cannot both feast and become rich. Ashanti tribe



The ivator is alone, but those who eat are many. -Schambala proverb



The poor man and the rich man do not play together. Ashanti tribe



Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone



The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria