June 17, 2012

June 2012 If the day of harvesting or eating yams is the same as the day of planting yams, even goats will not be allowed to eat the yam peels – Ewe (Ghana,Benin,Nigeria and Togo) Proverb

African Proverb of the Month

 June 2012

 


Nenye etedugbe enyetefagbe la anye gbowoha madu tetsro o. (Ewe)

 Ikiwa siku yakuvuna magimbi ingekua kama siku ya ku panda, basi hata mbuzi wasinge ruhusiwakula maganda. (Swahili)

Si le jour de récolte d’ignames serait  comme le jour de sasemence, même les chèvres  ne séraient pasautorisées à manger ses pelures. (French)

If the day of harvesting or eating yams is the same as the day of planting yams, even goats will not be allowed to eat the yam peels. (English)

 Ewe (Ghana,Benin,Nigeria and Togo)

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