African Proverbs
African proverbs collected by country and tribe, with meanings where they have been written. 435 in the archive.
- He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor.Uganda
- He who has done evil expects evil.Guinea
- He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook.Angola
- He who hunts two rats, catches none.Uganda
- He who is bitten by a snake fears a lizard.Uganda
- He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
- He, who is free of faults, will never die.
- He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
- He who loves you, loves you with your dirt.Uganda
- He who marries a beauty marries trouble.Nigeria
- He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace.
- Heal yourself first before you heal others.The Gambia
- A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.Ghana
- The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.Cameroon
- Honor a child, and he will honor you.Zimbabwe
- Honorable is the person who is aware of his power, yet refrains from inflicting bad things onto others.Egypt
- The horse may carry the warrior to the battlefield, but it will never fight the battle.Ethiopia
- If men were now to turn their hostility towards the cat, it would not be long before the domestic cat becomes a wild animal.Nigeria
- How gently glides the married life away, when she who rules still seems but to obey.Kenya
- However hot the sun, it will never dry the sea.
- However long the night, the dawn will break.
- However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain at the back.Nigeria
- Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king.Ghana
- Once hunger has entered the belly, it leaves no room for other matters.Cameroon