African Wise Sayings
Retrace your roots with these amazing, inspiring and wise sayings and proverbs from all over Africa. These African wise sayings and proverbs have been handpicked from every corner of the planet, and are updated on a daily basis. Please feel free to indulge yourself and connect with your ancestors, and gain some wisdom from the wise men and women who came before us.
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That which has horns cannot be wrapped - Zimbabwean Proverb
It takes a whole village to raise a child - Igbo Proverb
One who marries for love alone will have bad days but good nights - Egyptian Proverb
A bird that allows itself to be caught will find a way of escaping - Cameroonian Proverb
A man who rushes into battle does not realize that battle entails death. - Igbo Proverb
Lying will get you a wife, but it wont keep her - Cameroonian Proverb
When rain beats on a leopard it wets it, but rain does not wash out its spots - Ashanti Proverb
For the benefit of the flowers, we water the thorns, too - Egyptian Proverb