African Proverbs and Quotes About Hope

Every saying in the archive filed under hope: 4 proverbs, 4 quotes. 1 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.

They come from South Africa (2), Nigeria (2), Ghana (1) and Liberia (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 Joe Slovo (1), Nelson Mandela (1) and Wole Soyinka (1).

A few from this collection:

• Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
• No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.
• Do not rush the night - the sun will always rise for its own sake.

Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Politics and Race.

Or see every subject in the archive.