African Proverbs About Community
21 African sayings about community — 14 proverbs, 5 quotes, 2 short stories.
About these community sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under community: 14 proverbs, 5 quotes, 2 short stories. 3 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.
They come from Nigeria (5), Tanzania (3), Ghana (2), Sudan (1) and Kenya (1).
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Joseph G Healey (2), Chinua Achebe (1) and Desmond Tutu (1).
A few from this collection:
- A hand cannot wash itself. Each hand must take a turn in washing the other for both hands to be clean.
- If we stand tall, it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.
- A child is a child of everyone.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Family, Success, Children and Hard Work.
Or see every subject in the archive.