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  • 2019 African Proverb of the Month

2019 African Proverb of the Month

  • December, 2019 When the fool gets enlightened, the shrewd get into trouble. Pare (Tanzania) Proverb
  • November, 2019 Too many fishing baskets in the water cannot prevent you from dipping yours. Toro (Uganda) Proverb
  • October 2019, Even an elephant, that is, an important person, can be sent. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb
  • September 2019, It is the master (king) who minds about his or her slave. Haya (Tanzania) Proverb
  • August, 2019, It doesn’t matter how tall your grandfather was. Medumba (Cameroon) Proverb
  • July 2019, The case of good persons must be judged in a similar way as that of bad ones. Gikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
  • June 2019, An elephant is not overwhelmed by its trunk. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb
  • May, 2019 The brotherhood/sisterhood of ducks is known inside the sack. Gweno (Tanzania) Proverb
  • April, 2019 Where a tooth is removed there remains a gap. Soga (Uganda) Proverb
  • March 2019, If you cannot run fast, then you must learn how to hide. Ewe (SE Ghana, Southern Togo, Benin and SW Nigeria) Proverb
  • February 2019, The medicine for a rising river is to go back. Sukuma (Tanzania) Proverb
  • January 2019, The bad things you do to others may later be done to you too. Kipsigis (Kenya) Proverb
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