2009 African Proverb of the Month
- Dec. 2009: “Like ants, eat little and carry the rest back to your home.” (Bembe) DRC, Tanzania Proverb
- Nov. 2009: “You would not entrust an old cooking pot to the care of a friend or associate.” – Ganda (Uganda) Proverb
- Oct. 2009: “A fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water.” (Ewe) Proverb
- Sep 2009: “The one who milks the cow is not the same person as the one who removes (plucks out) ticks from a cow.” – Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
- Aug. 2009: “Nobody kills an ignorant person who begs for wisdom.” – Mafa (Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger) Proverb
- Jul. 2009: “There is no hyena without a friend.” – Meru (Kenya) Proverb
- Jun. 2009: “Go in that direction” does not mean that you go. To go means, “let’s go together!” – Sena (Mozambique) Proverb
- May 2009: “A thieving dog knows itself.” – Luyia (Kenya) Proverb
- Apr. 2009: “Alive, we live in the same house or under the same roof. Dead, we rest in the same tomb.” – Malagasy (Madagascar) Proverb
- Mar. 2009: “If you get a fine harvest of maize don’t break your local brotherhood and sisterhood.” – Bembe (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC, Tanzania) Proverb
- Feb. 2009: “An elder’s handbag is never completely empty.” – Acholi (Uganda, Sudan) Proverb
- Jan. 2009: “The hunger that has hope for its satisfaction does not kill.” – Igbo (Nigeria) Proverb