Ghanaian Proverbs and Sayings
50 Ghanaian sayings collected from Ghana — 46 proverbs, 3 quotes, 1 short story.
About Ghanaian sayings here
This page collects every saying in the archive recorded as coming from Ghana: 46 proverbs, 3 quotes, 1 short story. 2 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.
The named voices here are Kwame Nkrumah (1), Israelmore Ayivor (1) and Peter Sarpong (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 Fool, Wealth, Marriage, Women and Caution.
A few from this collection:
- No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
- Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
- It's a bad child who does not take advice.
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