The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.Proverb · Ashanti · GhanaWatchPlay the animated storySourceglasgowsafricantales.co.uk/african-proverbs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.ThemesPeopleProblemTroubleMore like thisA Letter from Madrid: A Cameroonian Diaryalso about homeBread without sauce and a home without a wife are meaningless.also about homeIt is the soil that knows that the mouse's baby is ill.also about homeA spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.also about homeA person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.also about peopleHaving travelled to some 20 African countries, I find myself, like so many other visitors to Africa before me, intoxicated with the continent. And I am not referring to the animals, as much as I have been enthralled by them during safaris in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Rather, I am referring to the African peoples.also about peopleNextSeeing is different from being told.
