African Proverbs

A diviner cannot accurately divine his own future. ~Nigerian Proverb

Does a man not know when he has pepper in his eyes? If we forget yesterday, how shall we remember tomorrow? ~Nigerian Proverb

If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter. ~Fulani Proverb

Popular beliefs on essential matters must be examined in order to discover the original thought. ~Egyptian Proverb

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother. ~Bambara Proverb

You cannot roast corn with two eyes. ~Nigerian Proverb

Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food. ~African Proverb

Chattering doesn't cook rice. ~Nigerien Proverb

The bottom of wealth is sometimes a dirty thing to behold. ~Nigerian Proverb

"Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. ~Sierra Leone"

"Oh you getting in between the onion and its peel, you want get anything other than its bad smell. ~Egyptian Proverb"

A poor man with his child a rich man with his wealth. ~Swahili Proverb

"When a woman is hungry, she says, ""Roast something for the children that they may eat."" ~Ghanaian Proverb"

"If there had been no poverty in Europe, then the white man would not have come and spread his clothes in Africa. ~Ghanaian Proverb"

Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right. ~Ethiopian Proverb

People bring about their own undoing through their tongues. ~Egyptian Proverb

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. ~Haida Proverb

"Dead though the oil-palm may be, the maggot in it lives on. ~Nigerian Proverb"

Everybody joins to blame or condemn a child who overthrows the pot of soup. ~Nigerian Proverb

Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Ashanti Proverb