What makes a sheep blit loudly the goat had already seen before. (African Proverb)
Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food. (African Proverb)
You shouldn't leave your own fire ablaze to go and put out your neighbour's fire. (African Proverb)
You do not verify from your mother the authenticity of what your grandmother has told you. (African Proverb)
You cannot stop planting cereals just because birds are going to feast on them. (African Proverb)
You cannot blindfold a man and expect him to ferry you across the river. (African Proverb)
You can beat a fool half to death but you can't beat the foolishness out of him. (African Proverb)
With a little seed of imagination you can grow a field of hope. (African Proverb)
Who does not love to dance, does not love to sing. (African Proverb)
Where rain has ever been trapped before when it rains again it will get trapped once again. (African Proverb)
When you lose on the drum-beating if the gods, you lose on the rhythm and pace of life. (African Proverb)
When the rain falls, it falls on both the freeborn and the slaves. (African Proverb)
When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself. (African Proverb)
When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip. (African Proverb)
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out. (African Proverb)
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. (African Proverb)
What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited. (African Proverb)
Water from another man's calabash tests differently. (African Proverb)
You should know what's being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food. (African Proverb)