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A Collection Of African Proverbs by tuoyoojo(m): 12:57am On May 18, 2013
The monkey that waits to see d hunter receives the bullet in its eyes

The head that is used to break d coconut would not partake of it

A caged antelop is not asked that is wrong with it

The fact dat a person owes a cap doesn't mean that he knows how to wear it

The creditor wishes for his debtors to live long,the debtors however wishes for the opposite for his creditor

The goat complained that his master's sickness bothers it...if his master survived there would be a feast ...if his master dies,there would be burial...either ways,its life is at stake

The fire that would kill a snake doesn't necessarily has to be as long as d snake

When roasting yam for a blind man,u must keep to talking so that he would not think u r eating his yam

He who has swallowed a pestle should be ready to sleep in a standing position

It is he who has many palm kernel that choose which to eat 1st

What would a bird that defeactes while flying do when its pearches

The heaviest burden to carry,is to carry none at all

When there is an open space two men do not boast about who is stronger

A farmer can only boast he is a better farmer than others only after the harvest

He who has being beaten by a snake,runs when he sees an earthworm

The alligator says its to shy to bite but when it does,its too shy to let go

The fowl complains it has not teeth yet it eats hard grains,the goat which has teeth only eats grasses

The most difficult person to wake up is the the one pretending to be sleeping

The child who calls his mother an ugly woman is indirectly calling his father a stupid man

A woman has bad manners and she complains she is not destined to have a husband

The fowl which is not killed during one festival is only fattening itself for the next

Caution is needed to kill a tsetse fly that pearches on the scortum

Na play play dem take dey tell person say him mouth dey smell

The list goes on

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Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by naijazown(m): 2:56am On May 18, 2013
Nice list
Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by Nobody: 3:49am On May 18, 2013
Let me add
The witness of a rat us another rat.

Do not respond to a mosquito with a hammer because you will miss and hurt yourself.

It requires a lot of carefulness to kill a fly that perches on the scrotum.

Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in your youth.

Everybody loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.

An elephant which kills a rat is not a hero.

He who cannot dance will say "The drum is bad."

What forgets is the axe, but the three that has been axed will never forget.

The jealous man loses his flesh by looking at the fat bellies of others.

An egg does not fight a rock.

The law is a spider's web; only the little insects get caught in it.

The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.

A lion's liver is vain wish for dogs.

A leopard is chasing us and you are asking me, "Is it a male or female?"

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Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by luvmijeje(f): 5:56am On May 18, 2013
When you are lost for words, use proverbs to find it.
Op and Abishow... thanks for those beautiful proverbs.
Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by Mynd44: 5:59am On May 18, 2013
Nice
Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by IZUKWU(m): 11:40am On May 18, 2013
Tomorrow will have a morning. No matter how tall , your grandfather is,you must do your own growing. He that sold a dog to buy a monkey still has has a squatting object in his house.

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Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by CircleOfWilis: 12:11am On Nov 06, 2013
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Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by tuoyoojo(m): 12:43am On Nov 06, 2013
Fine o doc.u boy jus dey house dey chill o.nice story u hav der.nice one
Re: A Collection Of African Proverbs by CircleOfWilis: 7:12am On Nov 06, 2013
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