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Wisdom is wealth! One thing I respect deeply about

Africa is the treasure of wisdom our ancestors have

handed down to us. While some of our leaders may have

forgotten them, the rest of us don’t need to. From

prudent sayings on wisdom itself, to judicious

encouragements, warnings and even quirky advice on

learning, patience, unity, wealth, poverty, community,

family, love and marriage, these quotes will inspire you to

be the best you can possibly be.

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learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti Proverb

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African Quotes on Wisdom

◦ Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili

◦ Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one

individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb

◦ The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~

Ethiopian proverb

◦ Wisdom does not come overnight. ~

Somali proverb

◦ The heart of the wise man lies quiet like

limpid water. ~ Cameroon proverb

◦ Wisdom is like fire. People take it from

others. ~ Hema (DRC) proverb



◦ Only a wise person can solve a difficult

problem. ~ Akan proverb

◦ Knowledge without wisdom is like water

in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb

◦ In the moment of crisis, the wise build

bridges and the foolish build dams. ~

Nigerian proverb

◦ If you are filled with pride, then you will

have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb

◦ A wise person will always find a way. ~

Tanzanian proverb

◦ Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb

◦ A man who uses force is afraid of

reasoning. ~Kenyan proverb

◦ Wisdom is not like money to be tied up

and hidden. ~ Akan proverb

African Quotes on Learning

◦ Learning expands great souls. ~

Namibian proverb

◦ To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African

proverb

◦ By crawling a child learns to stand. ~

African proverb

◦ If you close your eyes to facts, you will

learn through accidents. ~ African proverb

◦ He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian

proverb

◦ Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end;

learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili

proverb

◦ By trying often, the monkey learns to

jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb

◦ You always learn a lot more when you

lose than when you win. ~ African proverb



◦ You learn how to cut down trees by

cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb

◦ The wise create proverbs for fools to

learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb

◦ What you help a child to love can be

more important than what you help him to

learn. ~African proverb

◦ By the time the fool has learned the

game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti

proverb

◦ One who causes others misfortune also

teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb

◦ You do not teach the paths of the forest

to an old gorilla. ~Congolese proverb

◦ What you learn is what you die with. ~

African proverb

◦ Instruction in youth is like engraving in

stone. ~Moroccan Proverb

◦ When you follow in the path of your

father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti

Proverb

◦ Ears that do not listen to advice,

accompany the head when it is chopped off.

~African Proverb

◦ Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he

stays for the night; if not, he leaves the

same day. ~Malagasy Proverb

◦ Traveling is learning. ~Kenyan Proverb

◦ Where there are experts there will be no

lack of learners. ~Swahili Proverb


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African proverbs on Peace and Leadership

◦ Peace is costly but it is worth the

expense. ~Kenyan proverb



◦ War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying

◦ When a king has good counselors, his

reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb

◦ Peace does not make a good ruler.

~Botswana proverb

◦ A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to

the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb

◦ There can be no peace without

understanding. ~Senegalese proverb

◦ Milk and honey have different colors, but

they share the same house peacefully. ~

African proverb

◦ If you can’t resolve your problems in

peace, you can’t solve war. ~ Somalian

proverb

◦ When there is peace in the country, the

chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan

proverb

◦ When two elephants fight, it is the grass

that gets trampled. ~ Swahili saying

◦ Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will

go far. ~ West African proverb

◦ He who thinks he is leading and has no

one following him is only taking a walk. ~

Malawian proverb

◦ An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat

an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian

proverb

◦ He who is destined for power does not

have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb

◦ Do not forget what is to be a sailor

because of being a captain yourself. ~

Tanzanian proverb

◦ Without a leader, black ants are

confused. ~Ugandan proverb

◦ He who refuses to obey cannot

command. ~ Kenyan proverb

◦ He who fears the sun will not become

chief. ~Ugandan proverb

◦ A large chair does not make a king. ~

Sudanese proverb

◦ Because he lost his reputation, he lost a

kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb

◦ Where a woman rules, streams run

uphill. ~ Ethiopian proverb



◦ A leader who does not take advice is not

a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb

◦ If the cockroach wants to rule over the

chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-

guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb



African Quotes on Unity and Community

◦ Unity is strength, division is weakness.

~ Swahili proverb

◦ Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

~ Bondei proverb

◦ It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African

proverb

◦ Cross the river in a crowd and the

crocodile won’t eat you. ~ African proverb

◦ Many hands make light work. ~ Haya

(Tanzania) proverb

◦ Where there are many, nothing goes

wrong. ~ Swahili proverb

◦ Two ants do not fail to pull one

grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb

◦ A single bracelet does not jingle. ~

Congolese proverb

◦ A single stick may smoke, but it will not

burn. ~ African proverb

◦ If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you

want to go far, go together. ~ African

proverb



African Quotes on Family

◦ A family is like a forest, when you are

outside it is dense, when you are inside you

see that each tree has its place. ~ African

Proverb

◦ A united family eats from the same plate.

~ Baganda proverb

◦ A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it

cannot break. ~ African proverb

◦ If I am in harmony with my family, that’s

success. ~ Ute proverb

◦ Brothers love each other when they are

equally rich. ~ African proverb

◦ Dine with a stranger but save your love

for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

◦ There is no fool who is disowned by his

family. ~ African proverb

◦ Home affairs are not talked about on the

public square. ~ African proverb

◦ If relatives help each other, what evil can

hurt them? ~ African proverb

◦ He who earns calamity, eats it with his

family. ~ African proverb

◦ Dine with a stranger but save your love

for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

◦ The old woman looks after the child to

grow its teeth and the young one in turn

looks after the old woman when she loses

her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast)

proverb

◦ When brothers fight to the death, a

stranger inherits their father’s estate. ~ Ibo

proverb



◦ Children are the reward of life. ~ African

proverb


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African Proverbs on Friendship

◦ To be without a friend is to be poor

indeed. ~ Tanzanian proverb

◦ Hold a true friend with both hands. ~

African proverb

◦ The friends of our friends are our friends.

~ Congolese proverb

◦ A friend is someone you share the path

with. ~ African proverb

◦ Show me your friend and I will show you

your character. ~ African proverb

◦ Return to old watering holes for more

than water; friends and dreams are there to

meet you. ~ African proverb

◦ Between true friends even water drunk

together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb

◦ A small house will hold a hundred

friends. ~ African proverb

◦ A close friend can become a close

enemy.~ African proverb

◦ Bad friends will prevent you from having

good friends. ~ Gabon proverb



African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

◦ Make some money but don’t let money

make you. ~ Tanzania

◦ It is no shame at all to work for money.

~ Africa

◦ He who loves money must labor.

~ Mauritania

◦ By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba

◦ Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia

◦ One cannot both feast and become rich.

~ Ashanti

◦ One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia

◦ Money is sharper than the sword. –

Ashanti

◦ A man’s wealth may be superior to him.

~ Cameroon

◦ The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu

◦ The wealth which enslaves the owner

isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba

◦ The poor man and the rich man do not

play together. ~ Ashanti

◦ Lack of money is lack of friends; if you

have money at your disposal, every dog and

goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba

◦ With wealth one wins a woman.

~ Uganda

◦ Dogs do not actually prefer bones to

meat; it is just that no one ever gives them

meat. ~ Akan

◦ A real family eats the same cornmeal.

~ Bayombe

◦ If your cornfield is far from your house,

the birds will eat your corn. ~ Congo



◦ Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look

true. ~ South Africa

◦ One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia

◦ Money is not the medicine against

death. ~ Ghana

◦ He who receives a gift does not measure.

~ Africa

◦ Much wealth brings many enemies. –

Swahili

◦ There is no one who became rich

because he broke a holiday, no one became

fat because he broke a fast. ~ Ethiopia

◦ What you give you get, ten times over.

~ Yoruba

◦ Greed loses what it has gained. ~ Africa

◦ You become wise when you begin to run

out of money. ~ Ghana

◦ If ten cents does not go out, it does not

bring in one thousand dollars. ~ Ghana

◦ You should not hoard your money and

die of hunger. – Ghana

◦ Wealth diminishes with usage; learning

increases with use. ~ Nigeria

◦ Wisdom is not like money to be tied up

and hidden. ~ Akan

◦ Having a good discussion is like having

riches ~ Kenya

◦ Knowledge is better than riches.

~ Cameroon

◦ You must act as if it is impossible to fail.

~ Ashanti

◦ Do not let what you cannot do tear from

your hands what you can. ~ Ashanti




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Proverbs on Beauty

◦ One who plants grapes by the road side,

and one who marries a pretty woman, share

the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb

◦ Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.

~Uganda Proverb

◦ The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but

not his heart. ~Baluba proverb

◦ Ugliness with a good character is better

than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb

◦ A beautiful one hurts the heart. ~African

Proverb

◦ Anyone who sees beauty and does not

look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruba Proverb

◦ The surface of the water is beautiful, but

it is no good to sleep on. ~Ghanaian Proverb

◦ If there is character, ugliness becomes

beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes

ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb

◦ You are beautiful, but learn to work, for

you cannot eat your beauty. ~Congolese

Proverb

◦ The one who loves an unsightly person is

the one who makes him beautiful. ~Ganda

Proverb

◦ Having beauty doesn’t mean

understanding the perseverance of

marriage. ~African Proverb

◦ You are beautiful because of your

possessions. ~Baguirmi Proverb

◦ Every woman is beautiful until she

speaks. ~Zimbabwean Proverb



◦ Three things cause sorrow to flee; water,

green trees, and a beautiful face.

~Moroccan Proverb

◦ A beautiful thing is never perfect.

~Egyptian Proverb

◦ Patience is the mother of a beautiful

child. ~Bantu Proverb

◦ There is no beauty but the beauty of

action. ~Moroccan Proverb

◦ Judge not your beauty by the number of

people who look at you, but rather by the

number of people who smile at you.

~African Proverb

◦ A pretty face and fine clothes do not

make character. ~Congolese Proverb

◦ Youth is beauty, even in cattle. ~Egyptian

Proverb

◦ A pretty basket does not prevent worries.

~Congolese Proverb

◦ It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into

beautiful butterflies after seasons. ~African

Proverb

◦ The most beautiful fig may contain a

worm. ~Zulu Proverb

◦ It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the

prospect of being taken to a beautiful

abattoir. ~African Proverb

◦ A woman who pursues a man for sex

loses her spiritual beauty. ~African Proverb

◦ A chicken with beautiful plumage does

not sit in a corner. ~African Proverb

◦ The cook does not have to be a beautiful

woman. ~Shona Proverb

◦ Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the

pot. ~Botswana Proverb

◦ She is beautiful; she has love,

understands; she respects herself and

others; everyone likes, loves and honors

her; she is a goddess. ~African Proverb

◦ There is always a winner even in a

monkey’s beauty contest. ~African Proverb

◦ Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful

bride. ~Egyptian Proverb

◦ An ugly child of your own is more to you

than a beautiful one belonging to your

neighbor. ~Ganda Proverb



◦ Even the colors of a chameleon are for

survival not beauty. ~African Proverb

◦ Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald

~ yet it can be found among the servant

girls at the grindstones. ~Egyptian Proverb

◦ When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has

turned into rags, no one remembers that it

was woven by Ukwa master weavers. ~Igbo

Proverb

◦ A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest

beauty. ~African Proverb

◦ There are many colorful flowers on the

path of life, but the prettiest have the

sharpest thorns. ~African Proverb

◦ He who marries a beauty marries

trouble. ~Nigerian Proverb

◦ Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and

the stars, the sky also has a threatening

thunder and striking lightening. ~African

Proverb

◦ Getting only a beautiful woman is like

planting a vine on the roadside everyone

feeds on it. ~African Proverb

◦ Greatness and beauty do not belong to

the gods alone. ~Nigerian Proverb

◦ Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always

behind. ~Malagasy Proverb

◦ Beauty is not sold and eaten. ~Nigerian

Proverb

◦ She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.

~Cameroonian Proverb

◦ Why they like an ugly person takes long

for a beautiful person to know. ~African

Proverb

◦ If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then

you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.

~Nigerian Proverb

◦ The beauty of a woman becomes useless

if there is no one to admire it. ~African

Proverb





African Love and Marriage Quotes

◦ He who loves the vase loves also what is

inside. ~ African proverb

◦ It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay

in love. ~ African proverb

◦ Coffee and love taste best when hot. ~

Ethiopian proverb

◦ Where there is love there is no darkness.

~Burundian proverb

◦ If you are ugly you must either learn to

dance or make love. ~ Zimbabwean Proverp

◦ Pretend you are dead and you will see

who really loves you. ~ African proverb

◦ To love the king is not bad, but a king

who loves you is better. ~ Wolof proverb

◦ A happy man marries the girl he loves,

but a happier man loves the girl he marries.

~ African proverb

◦ If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the

money goes and the monkey remains as is.

~ Egyptian proverb

◦ Love never gets lost it’s only kept. ~

African proverb

◦ Never marry a woman who has bigger

feet than you. ~ Mozambique proverb

◦ One thread for the needle, one love for

the heart. ~ Sudanese proverb

◦ Love has to be shown by deeds not

words. ~ Swahili proverb

◦ Love is a despot who spares no one.

~Namibian proverb



◦ Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to

crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian

proverb



African Quotes on Patience

◦ Patience is the key which solves all

problems. ~ Sudanese proverb

◦ Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ~ Swahili

proverb

◦ Patience is the mother of a beautiful

child. ~ Bantu proverb

◦ To run is not necessarily to arrive. ~

Swahili proverb

◦ Patience can cook a stone. ~ African

proverb

◦ A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ~ African

proverb

◦ At the bottom of patience one finds

heaven. ~ African proverb

◦ A patient person never misses a thing. ~

Swahili proverb

◦ Patience puts a crown on the head.

~ Ugandan proverb

◦ Patience attracts happiness; it brings

near that which is far. ~ Swahili proverb

◦ Always being in a hurry does not prevent

death, neither does going slowly prevent

living. ~ Ibo proverb

◦ However long the night, the dawn will

break. ~ African proverb (personal

favourite!)



African Quotes on Food

◦ As porridge benefits those who heat and

eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear

it. ~Amharic Proverb

◦ The forest not only hides man’s enemies

but its full of man’s medicine, healing power

and food. ~African Proverb

◦ One person is a thin porridge; two or

three people are a lump of ugali. ~Kuria

Proverb

◦ The man who counts the bits of food he

swallows is never satisfied. ~African Proverb

◦ Wine, women and food give gladness to

the heart. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb

◦ The food that is in the mouth is not yet in

the belly. ~Kikuyu Proverb

◦ You cannot work for food when there is

no food for work. ~African Proverb

◦ The chicken that digs for food will not

sleep hungry. ~Bayombe Proverb

◦ He who eats another mans food will have

his own food eaten by others. ~Swahili

Proverb

◦ Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a

man, but he ends up with gravel in his

mouth. ~African Proverb

◦ No partridge scratches the ground in

search of food for another. ~Xhosa Proverb

◦ The grasshopper which is always near its

mother eats the best food. ~Ghanaian

Proverb

◦ Don’t take another mouthful before you

have swallowed what is in your mouth.

~Malagasy Proverb



◦ Rich people sometimes eat bad food.

~Kikuyu Proverb

◦ The impotent man does not eat spicy

foods. ~Congolese Proverb

◦ You should know what’s being cooked in

the kitchen otherwise you might eat a

forbidden food. ~African Proverb

◦ When the leg does not walk, the stomach

does not eat. ~Mongo (Congolese) Proverb

◦ A healthy person who begs for food is an

insult to a generous farmer. ~Ghanaian

Proverb

◦ One spoon of soup in need has more

value than a pot of soup when we have an

abundance of food. ~Angolan Proverb

◦ Cooked food is not sold for goats.

~Kikuyu Proverb

◦ The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets

who gave it the food. ~African Proverb

◦ A dog knows the places he is thrown

food. ~Acholi Proverb

◦ One who eats alone cannot discuss the

taste of the food with others. ~African

Proverb

◦ Words are sweet, but they never take the

place of food. ~Ibo Proverb

◦ The man who has bread to eat does not

appreciate the severity of a famine. ~Yoruba

Proverb

◦ He who doesn’t clean his mouth before

breakfast always complains that the food is

sour. ~African Proverb

◦ The hyena with a cub does not consume

all the available food. ~Akamba Proverb

◦ When the food is cooked there is no

need to wait before eating it. ~Kikuyu

Proverb

◦ What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat

when mixed with other food. ~Bantu &

Lamba Proverb

◦ Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed

it you do not know how hot it is. ~Haussa

Proverb

◦ No one gets a mouthful of food by

picking between another person’s teeth.

~Igbo Proverb



◦ It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava

turns out to be hard and tasteless. ~Ewe

Proverb

◦ A housewife who complains that there is

not enough foodstuff in the market should

remember that if her husband adds to what

is already available, there would be more

for everyone. ~Nigerian Proverb

◦ A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping

spring but also its food trap. ~African

Proverb

◦ If you watch your pot, your food will not

burn. ~Mauritanian, Nigerian, and Niger

Proverb

◦ Those who are at one regarding food are

at one in life. ~Malawian Proverb

◦ Fine words do not produce food.

~Nigerian Proverb

◦ Even the best cooking pot will not

produce food. ~African Proverb

◦ If I could see your face, I would not need

food. ~Amharic Proverb

◦ If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.

~Ghanaian Proverb

◦ War is not porridge. ~Gikuyu Proverb

◦ The best of mankind is a farmer; the best

food is fruit. ~Ethiopian Proverb

◦ Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the

gourd. ~Kuria People of Kenyan & Tanzania

◦ One shares food not words. ~Somali

Proverb

◦ If you are looking for a fly in your food it

means that you are full. ~South African

Proverb

◦ Nature gave us two cheeks instead of

one to make it easier to eat hot food.

~Ghanaian Proverb

◦ A patient that can swallow food makes

the nurse doubtful. ~Malagasy Proverb

◦ If you give bad food to your stomach, it

drums for you to dance. ~African Proverb

◦ A bad cook also has his/her share of the

bad food. ~African Proverb

◦ The forest provides food to the hunter

after he is utterly exhausted. ~Zimbabwean

Proverb



◦ Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked

stones and they produced soup.

~Zimbabwean Proverb

◦ You cannot tell a hungry child that you

gave him food yesterday. ~Zimbabwean

Proverb

◦ Good music goes with good food.

~African Proverb

◦ Rich people cook their food in a

potsherd. ~Kikuyu Proverb

◦ However little food we have, we’ll share it

even if it’s only one locust. ~Malagasy

Proverb

◦ Water is colourless and tasteless but you

can live on it longer than eating food.

~African Proverb

◦ Eat when the food is ready; speak when

the time is right. ~Ethiopian Proverb

◦ The food eaten first lasts longest in the

stomach. ~Kikuyu Proverb

◦ When your luck deserts you, even cold

food burns. ~Zambian Proverb

◦ Happiness is as good as food. ~Maasai

Proverb

◦ Good words are food, bad words poison.

~Malagasy Proverb

◦ The goat says: “Where there is blood,

there is plenty of food.” ~Ghanaian Proverb

◦ If you see a man in a gown eating with a

man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.

~Fulani Proverb

◦ They ate our food, and forgot our names.

~Tunisian Proverb

◦ An abundance of food at your

neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger.

~Bayaka Proverb

◦ Food you will not eat you do not boil.

~African Proverb



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Africa is land full of wisdom.

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With all these great African proverbs why is

Africa so united and not progressed perhaps

from western viewpoint?

Or perhaps am I looking from a materialistic

point of view?perhaps it has reached it’s

peak from a spiritual happiness index?

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african-wise-proverbs/#comment-

6263)

When people hear “Africa” they think of

one big country, despite all of it’s

problems countries in Africa are

progressing but you never see or hear of



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that on the news, all you see or hear

about is the wars,famine and corruption.

Most of these african countries barely

gained independence in the 50′s,60′s and

70′s but oh men…… they doing so well

and I am proud of them and and proud

to be African.

I know that Africa will progress but it

won’t happen over time,we need all

those children that went to the Europes

and Americas to further their to come

back and rebuild africa.

Africans are rich in happiness despite

our struggles, we are always laughing

and smiling,shaking hands and never

letting go, shouting on top of our voices

when excited, but only a few outsiders

understand.

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Afritorial (@Afritorial)

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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make

character. ~ Congolese Proverb

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RT @Afritorial: A pretty face and fine clothes

do not make character. ~ Congolese Proverb

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aman,ganagwo namansu chimbachero chwa

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You have a new fan here in me, and I like

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i love this and will love to have more on my

email account cause i will be a leader in a

short while

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(http://twitter.com/USADF/status/289125608796086274/)January 9, 2013



Do you have an African proverb that extolls

the values of the continent’s businesses,

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We’ve added more proverbs to our much-

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about wealth, money & poverty …

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RT @Afritorial: The best: 72+ African wise

proverbs and inspiring quotes

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(http://t.co/UgQA5E6b)

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RT @jabdulai: The best: 72+ African wise

proverbs and inspiring quotes

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@LadyLashay1776 these just kept me busy

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RT @hoosierclinger: @LadyLashay1776

these just kept me busy for the last 20

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February 6, 2013



•Patience attracts happiness; it brings near

that which is far

Awesome proverbs

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geoffrey lartey

(http://@geoffreyline)February 6, 2013



Life is a challenge and not a competition

Love with your heart

There is only one you

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I love this beautiful proverbs keeps us



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enlightened…….thx alot!!

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Our pleasure. keep visiting!

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(http://twitter.com/mn_tarheel/status/305721952239230976/)February 24, 2013



The best: 72+ #African wise proverbs and

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(http://t.co/F0ecSSRxt4)



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Desemond De vos

(http://Website)March 1, 2013



I’m proud to be an African…

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@RobGTheGeneral

(http://twitter.com/RobGTheGeneral/status/307473398836125697/)March 1, 2013



@Khekerem Are you abreast of all Nigerian

Proverbs? Here ya’ go.

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(http://t.co/jwVU07uC75)

@HaroldWNelson

(http://twitter.com/HaroldWNelson/status/310578258322268161/)March 10, 2013



#BlackPeopleActivities – African wise

proverbs and inspiring quotes –

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(http://t.co/7cSC5FC4Oy)



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@SearchingHomer

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RT @HaroldWNelson: #BlackPeopleActivities

– African wise proverbs and inspiring quotes

– http://t.co/7cSC5FC4Oy


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Nicky

(http://www.savannahome.se)March 10, 2013



Reading these proverbs makes me proud to

be African. I hope you dont mind me sharing

them.



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@Dropping_Facts

(http://twitter.com/Dropping_Facts/status/310937029410185216/)March 11, 2013



RT @HaroldWNelson: #BlackPeopleActivities

– African wise proverbs and inspiring quotes

– http://t.co/7cSC5FC4Oy


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@kdemming

(http://twitter.com/kdemming/status/323883854760927232/)Apri l 15, 2013





http://t.co/RvGdt2xuHm

(http://t.co/RvGdt2xuHm)

@Sun02shine

(http://twitter.com/Sun02shine/status/325376097057386497/)Apri l 19, 2013





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Interesting read: Afritorial

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(http://t.co/EjI4zMchqE)

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Isaac M Mwale

(http://google.com)February 4, 2014



I love the proverbs. they really teach a lot.

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Neva Mwiti

(http://afritorial.com/about/)February 5, 2014



6152)

Thanks Isaac. We’re glad you’ve enjoyed

them – we hope that you now live them

The Team @ Afritorial.



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longole MarkFebruary 13, 2014



preserving African identifty, love and

treasure is through the proverbs taught by

our forefathers, we should emulate them

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BlessingFebruary 16, 2014



This is great staff i really enjoyed

the.proverbs.

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