- African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
March 6, 2008
December, 2002 31 Dec. 2002 “Muthii ndaumbikaga ndigu.” Kimbeere — Embu Dialect (Kenya) “Whoever walks out cannot leave a banana on the fire.” 30 Dec. […]
March 6, 2008
December, 2001 27 Dec. 2001 “A home without a mother is a desert.”– (Eritrean proverb) 21 Dec. 2001 “A camel does not joke about […]
March 6, 2008
December, 2000 22 December 2000 A Quarter of an hour is worth more than a thousand gold coins. – Chinese proverb. 21 December 2000 Alone a […]
March 6, 2008
December, 1999 23 Dec 1999 ‘The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips’. (Mossi proverb, Togo, Burkina Fasso and Mali) […]
March 6, 2008
Acute dje kplo metso dada gbo o. (Ewe-mina) Quand le manioc n’est pas tendre, ce n’est pas la faute du cuisinier. (French) Hard and tasteless cassava […]
March 6, 2008
Kushayw’edonsayo. (Zulu). The lead cow (the one in front) gets whipped the most. (English) Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland) Proverb Background, Explanation, Meaning and Everyday Use When […]
March 6, 2008
Nyansapö, kwasea ntumi nsane gye sé nyansafoö. (Akan). The knot of wisdom a fool cannot untie; it takes a wise person. (Literal English Translation) Only a […]
March 6, 2008
Klabu ya Simba ilishinda kwa kishindo cha tsunami. (Literal Swahili) Penye nia pana njia. (Figurative Swahili) The Simba soccer club beat [their long time rival, the […]
March 6, 2008
Zakoma-zakoma, pusi adagwa (anagwa) chagada (cagada). (Nyanja, Chewa) Asiyesikia la mkuu huvunjika guu. (Figurative Swahili) Greed led the monkey to fall on its back. (Literal English) […]