African Proverbs and Quotes About Animal
16 African sayings about animal — 8 proverbs, 3 quotes, 5 short stories.
About these animal sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under animal: 8 proverbs, 3 quotes, 5 short stories. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Nigeria (4), Ghana (2), Zimbabwe (1), Kenya (1) and Ethiopia (1).
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Elphinstone Dayrell (2), Wole Soyinka (1) and Haile Selassie (1).
A few from this collection:
- A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, it acts.
- An elephant's tusks are never too heavy for it.
- Even the lion, the king of the forest, protects himself against flies.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Fable, Trick and Trouble.
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