African Proverbs and Quotes About Poverty
12 African sayings about poverty — 5 proverbs, 6 quotes, 1 short story.
About these poverty sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under poverty: 5 proverbs, 6 quotes, 1 short story. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Kenya (2), Tanzania (2), Mozambique (2), Ghana (2) and Ethiopia (1).
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Father Lou Quinn (1), Marcus Samuelsson (1) and Reginald Mengi (1).
A few from this collection:
- A poor person never goes bankrupt.
- Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor.
- Rich man's dog gets more in way of medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Wealth and Children.
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