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Do not respond to a mosquito with a hammer because you will miss and hurt yourself.
-Kenyan
On the day of poverty it is then you perceive who is a friend.
- Ashanti
A tractor driver doesn't fear dust.
-Kenya
A tree not taller than you cannot shade you.
- Nigeria
When cutting, look at the age of the machete.
-Nigeria
An old man sitting on the ground sees something a child can't see even if he climbs a tree.
-uknown
The horse can take you to the battlefield but cannot do the fighting for you.
-uknown
If you didn’t send someone to the market, you won’t expect his return.
When a fowl is eating your friend’s grain, drive it away, for someday it will eat yours.
-Ashanti
One finger cannot wash the face.
-uknown
Eggs and metal should not be put in the same sack.
-Ewe
The tears running down your face do not blind you.
-Togolese
Until the snake is dead, do not drop the stick.
- Ivorian
He who eats alone dies alone
-. Ashanti
Making friends is like wearing sandals. If they do not fit then you remove them.
-Ashanti
A person who rides a bicycle or horse does not know that the ground is hot
- Ghanaian Proverb.
One person may kill an elephant, but the whole community may share it.
- Ashanti
In desperate times, lions eat grass.
-uknown
What a man see's while sitting down, a child can never see even if he/she climbs the highest mountain.
-(Igbo,Nigeria)
In the city of the blind, the man with one eye will be king.
-Nigerian
An army of well organized ants can bring down an elephant.
-uknown
Being taller than your father does not mean you are older than him.
-uknown
A tree is known by its fruit.
-Zulu (South Africa, Swaziland)
Silence is also a form of speech.
-(Fulani)
Even when the crocodile is in need, it finds its meals in the river, not in the forest.
-(akan)
When your sandals get out of order, your style of walking changes.
-(akan)
A tree that does not know how to dance, will be taught by the wind
-Akan Tribe Proverb
A rat says, What belongs to me, is in my stomach and not in my mouth.
-Akan Tribe Proverb
All animals run, but if a cow runs people say its crazy.
-Akan Tribe Proverb
We should look for water that we can use to quench our thirst before we should look for palmwine that we can use for enjoyment.
-Yoruba
Happy new year nairalanders!!!