Nigerian Proverbs and Sayings
142 Nigerian sayings collected from Nigeria — 61 proverbs, 77 quotes, 4 short stories. Including Igbo proverbs.
- Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.Quote · Nigeria
- Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.Proverb · Nigeria
- Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.Quote · Nigeria
- Unless the wind blows there is not the least chance in the world you would see the anus of a fowl.Proverb · Nigeria
- Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.Proverb · Nigeria
- He who urinates in a stream must remember his family drinks from the water.Proverb · Nigeria
- I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.Quote · Nigeria
- It is what is in the heart when there is no wine in the head that comes out when there is wine in the head.Proverb · Nigeria
- In fact, I thought that Christianity was a very good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.Quote · Nigeria
- When a handshake goes beyond the elbow, we know it has turned to another thing.Quote · Nigeria
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.Quote · Nigeria
- When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.Proverb · Nigeria
- When your sister does your hair you do not need a mirror.Proverb · Nigeria
- Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth.Proverb · Nigeria
- Whether you wait for tomorrow or you don't, it is sure to come.Proverb · Nigeria
- Why the Flies Bother the CowsA Nigerian short story by Elphinstone Dayrell. When Adiaha Umo was Queen of Calabar, being very rich and hospitable, she used to give big feasts to all…Short story · Nigeria
- Why the Cat Kills RatsA Nigerian short story by Elphinstone Dayrell. Ansa was King of Calabar for fifty years. He had a very faithful cat as a housekeeper, and a rat was his…Short story · Nigeria
- The rat said: "If I had not been denied food, would I be stealing it?".Proverb · Nigeria
- A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties.Proverb · Nigeria
- When the British came to Igboland, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.Quote · Nigeria
- If you don't like someone's story, write your own.Quote · Nigeria
- You don't need pain killers for another man's headache.Proverb · Nigeria