African Proverbs About Ability
15 African sayings about ability — 13 proverbs, 1 quote, 1 short story.
About these ability sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under ability: 13 proverbs, 1 quote, 1 short story. 5 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.
They come from Guinea (2), Nigeria (1), Sudan (1), Mali (1) and Cameroon (1). 6 have no recorded country and are shown simply as African proverbs — the archive does not guess at an origin it cannot support.
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1) and Chiku Malunga (1).
A few from this collection:
- No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn't become a crocodile.
- No matter how hungry you are, you can only eat your food one mouthful at a time.
- Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
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