African Sayings

If a dead tree falls, it carries with it a live one.

Proverb · Nandi · Kenya

This is a Nandi proverb from Kenya, and it explains how we are bound to one another. In a community we need to support each other. When one person falls in a time of weakness, that fall can bring many others down too.

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