A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.
God's rain falls even on the . - Fipa, Tanzania
We should talk while we are still alive. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks. Vai, Liberia
Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
You are sitting in peace (unharmed): as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda
To be praised is to be lost. - Kikuyu, Kenya
A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
When cutting, look at the age of the machete. - Fulfulde, Nigeria
By coming and going, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti, Ghana
He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa
Goodness gets a seat. - Igala, Nigeria. (Pachocinski, p. 224; explanation: good people will be shown favors and will live longer).
The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. - Ethiopia
If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria
Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda
The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
There is no bad patience. - (Knappert, p. 46, Swahili).
Before the chicken carefully observe the character of your guest. Mandingo proverb
The rainmaker who doesn't know what he's doing will be found out by the lack of clouds. Luganda, Uganda
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
Do not follow a person who is running a way. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone
Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat,it is just that no one ever gives them meat. Akan proverb, West Africa
Rising early makes the road short. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
A hyena cannot smell its own stench. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania