African Proverbs About Health
8 African sayings about health — 6 proverbs, 2 quotes.
About these health sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under health: 6 proverbs, 2 quotes. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Ghana (2), The Gambia (1), Zimbabwe (1), Kenya (1) and Cameroon (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 Wangari Maathai (1) and Lucela Labey Jumbam (1).
A few from this collection:
- He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.
- Heal yourself first before you heal others.
- A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Hard Work.
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