African Proverbs

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A roaring lion kills no game: Sitting around and talking about something gains nothing. It also implies that you should work towards your goals quietly rather than bragging about your achievements prematurely.


The child of an elephant will not be a dwarf: A Nigerian proverb.


What an old man sees while lying down, a young man can never see even when he climbs up in a tree: A Nigerian proverb.


Only the thing for which you have struggled will last: A Nigerian proverb.


Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse: A Nigerian proverb.


A child who asks questions does not become a fool: A Ghanaian proverb.


Knowledge is like a baobab tree; no one can encompass it with their hands: A Ghanaian proverb.


Let not what you cannot do tear you from what you can do: A Ghanaian proverb.


You must act as if it is impossible to fail: A Ghanaian proverb.


The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people: A Ghanaian proverb.

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter: A proverb used to metaphorically describe how dominant groups inscribe power through historical narrative.
 
He who urinates in a stream must remember his family drinks from the water

A hunter that comes back from the bush with a goat is a thief

When you cut down the tree that offers you shelter, it is the sun that will remind you of your mistake.

You cannot colonize people who think they are better than you.
 
Theres a proverb in the Akan language

If you have a strong/heavy spirit witchcraft cannot overtake you.

The same word for “spirit” sunsum is almost equivalent to the word “personality,” so this means if you have a strong/unshakeable mind, curses, witchcraft, backbiting can’t phase you.

All this shit you see in Africa about witchcraft is bitchassness. Anyone who says they fear witchcraft is a bitch. Anyone that runs to pastors, spiritualists, etc. because so and so “cursed” them is a bitch.
 
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