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Funny African Proverbs. by AKMoney1(m): 2:46pm On Oct 08, 2014
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 carefullness 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 br.easts, but not its father’s testicles (Guinea)

13. He who goes to sleep with an itching anus wakes up with smelly fingers (Nigeria)

14) A quarrelsome woman is like a house that leaks (S.Sudan)

15. The anger of a p.enis does not destroy/shutter the v.agina (Zimbabwe)

16. Don't insult a Crocodile while your buttocks are still in the water (Zambia)

Which one is ur favorite?

Mine is number 15 cheesy grin

Feel free to add yours
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by Pricelesss(f): 2:51pm On Oct 08, 2014
The Man who created Monday does not Like Rest..
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by Nobody: 2:56pm On Oct 08, 2014
Person wey no gree mess (Fart) when en belle they purge sabi wetin they make rat run when them no pursue them.
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by derrick333(m): 3:55pm On Oct 08, 2014
10 N 13
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by acenazt: 4:05pm On Oct 08, 2014
lmao 5 and 16 so hilarious but those Ghana folks Na mumu. Wetin make the man no put trouser wey fly come sidon on top him scrotum??
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by sommyblaze(m): 5:12pm On Oct 08, 2014
true words
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by PetroDolla3: 12:17am On Oct 09, 2014
acenazt:
lmao 5 and 16 so hilarious but those Ghana folks Na mumu. Wetin make the man no put trouser wey fly come sidon on top him scrotum??
sharaaaaaaaaap dog!
Re: Funny African Proverbs. by acenazt: 8:00am On Oct 09, 2014
[quote author=PetroDolla3 post=26983096]sharaaaaaaaaap Ghanaian dog

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