African Proverbs About Greed

Every saying in the archive filed under greed: 9 proverbs, 3 short stories. 2 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.

They come from Sudan (1), Uganda (1), Malawi (1) and Ghana (1). 8 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).

A few from this collection:

• If money grew on trees, many people would be married to monkeys.
• The monkey that tried to reach two mangoes at the same time from two different branches on a tree fell on its back.
• Greed loses what it has gained.

Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Marriage, Good and Truth.

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