African Proverbs Flashcards
Gnatola ma no kpon sia, eyenabe adelan to kpo mi sena. (Ewe-Mina proverb)
Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story.
Gambian proverb
If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail
Jungu kuu halikosi ukoko (Kiswahili proverb)
A big pot is not without crust at the bottom
Mke ni Nguo mgomba kupalilia (Swahili proverb)
A wife is clothes, banana plant is weeding.
Mgaagaa na upwa hali wali mkavu. (Kiswahili proverb)
He who wriggles at the shoreline does not eat rice without fish-stew.
Anayekulisha humpiga mamako ukimwagalia.(Kiswahili proverb)
He who feeds you beats your mother while you watch/look
Aliyekupa wewe kiti ndiye aliyenipa kumbi (Swahili proverb)
The one who gave you a chair is the same who gave me a coconut husk to sit on.
Igbo proverb
What an old man sees sitting down, a young man cannot see standing up.
Kikuyu proverb
An old man sitting on a stool can see farther than a young man who has climbed a tree.
Somali huanza kuoza kichwani(Kiswahili proverb)
A fish begins to rot at its head.
