Featured saying

A chicken eats corn, drinks water, swallows pebbles, yet she complains of having no teeth. If she had teeth, would she eat gold? Let her ask the cow who has teeth yet eats grass.Read what it means →

African Proverbs, Quotes and Short Stories

A living archive of 731 African sayings — collected by country and tribe, with their meanings where they have been written. Proverbs from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, quotes from writers and leaders including Chinua Achebe, Nelson Mandela and Wangari Maathai, and 27 short stories.

• 435 proverbs
• 269 quotes
• 27 short stories
• 46 countries
• 37 with meanings