African proverbs , African Sayings, African talks and African thoughts It takes a whole village to raise a child.African Proverb (Kenyan)Traditional attribution
African proverbs
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It takes a whole village to raise a child.African Proverb (Kenyan)Traditional attribution
It takes a whole village to raise a child.African Proverb (“Ora na azu nwa” from Igbo, Nigeria)Traditional attribution
If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for something.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Don’t set sail on someone else’s star.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
To try and to fail is not laziness.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
He who learns, teaches.African Proverb (Sometimes attributed to the Ethiopians otherwise classified under unknown African source)Traditional attribution
It is not work that kills, but worry.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.African Proverb (Hausa, Nigeria)Traditional attribution
One must talk little and listen much.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
Rain does not fall on one roof alone.African Proverb (Cameroon, West Africa)Traditional attribution
When God cooks, you don’t see smoke.African Proverb (“Kuteka Lesa ke kumweka bwishi ne.” from Kaonde, Zambia)Traditional attribution
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.African Proverb (Ashanti, Ghana)Traditional attribution
Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.African Proverb (Ashanti, Ghana)Traditional attribution
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.African Proverb (Nigerian)Traditional attribution
The path is made by walking.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
He who forgives ends the argument.African Proverb (Unknown African source)Traditional attribution
A bad name is like a stigma.African Proverb (South Sotho, South Africa)Traditional attribution
A close friend can become a close enemy.African Proverb (Ethiopian)Traditional attribution
Do not say the first thing that comes to your mind.African Proverb (Kenyan)Traditional attribution
Original collection & source
Original title: African Proverbs, African Sayings and African Quotes to Educate You
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