African Sayings

African Quotes About Fable

8 African sayings about fable — 8 short stories.

Every saying in the archive filed under fable: 8 short stories. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.

They come from Cameroon (2), Nigeria (2), Botswana (1) and South Africa (1). 2 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 William H Barker (2), Loreto Todd (2) and Elphinstone Dayrell (2).

Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Animal, Trick, Consequence, Deception and Fool.

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