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Rich African Proverbs by Tayo2k7: 7:12pm On Oct 25, 2013
Rich african Proverbs

1, When a man is stung by a bee, he does not destroy all beehives (Kenya)

2, The man who marries a beautiful woman, and the farmer who grows corn by the roadside have the same
problem (Ethiopia)

3, A short man is not a boy (Nigeria)

4, No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook
yams (Nigeria)

5, It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that
perches on the scrotum (Ghana)

6, If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus
should wonder how to expel it (Seychelles)

7, The frown on the face of the goat will not stop it from
being taken to the market (Nigeria)

8, An old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb (Ghana)

9, The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay
(Niger)

10, If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there (Uganda)

11, There is no virgin in a maternity ward (Cameroon)

12, A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not
its father's testicles (Guinea)

13, He who goes to sleep with an itching anus wakes
up with smelly fingers (Nigeria)
Re: Rich African Proverbs by Alikaxon(m): 8:11pm On Oct 25, 2013
No 5: its interestinq, u really must be careful
Re: Rich African Proverbs by mistudreh(m): 4:55am On Oct 27, 2013
Ok

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