Cameroonian Proverbs and Sayings
26 Cameroonian sayings collected from Cameroon — 16 proverbs, 4 quotes, 6 short stories.
About Cameroonian sayings here
This page collects every saying in the archive recorded as coming from Cameroon: 16 proverbs, 4 quotes, 6 short stories. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
The named voices here are Martin Jumbam (2), Loayeh Jumbam (2), Loreto Todd (2) and Orace Esua (1). The proverbs are left unattributed, because a proverb belongs to the people who repeat it rather than to whoever first said it.
The subjects they return to most often are Love, Caution, Trick and Family.
A few from this collection:
- Better little than too little.
- By trying repeatedly, the monkey learns how to jump from the tree.
- Do not make fun of the crocodile when you are still standing knee-deep in the river.
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