African Proverbs About Friendship
9 African sayings about friendship — 7 proverbs, 2 short stories.
About these friendship sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under friendship: 7 proverbs, 2 short stories. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Cameroon (2), Senegal (1), Uganda (1), Madagascar (1) and Angola (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 Loayeh Jumbam (1) and Loreto Todd (1).
A few from this collection:
- An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.
- Befriend many, but trust few.
- Better to lose a little money than a little friendship.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Love, Knowledge and Wisdom.
Or see every subject in the archive.