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The hottest music and dance always comes from home.
(African Proverb)
The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.
(African Proverb)
Truth is like fire it cannot be hidden under dry leaves.
(African Proverb)
To love that one who never loves you is like rain falling in the forest.
(African Proverb)
Though it is the hand that gives, the man must be thanked.
(African Proverb)
Those who arrive to the spring first, drink the purest water.
(African Proverb)
There is a good reason why natural water never runs at night.
(African Proverb)
The womb is not a boat, it cannot carry as much as a boat.
(African Proverb)
The tortoise said it wants to box, but its hand is too short.
(African Proverb)
The sun shines on those who are standing before it shines on the people kneeling under them.
(African Proverb)
The secret of success is to start from scratch.
(African Proverb)
The predator lands on an unknown tree.
(African Proverb)
The one who shows off himself in every place will one day search for Where to hide.
(African Proverb)
The mouth does not forget what it tasted only one time.
(African Proverb)
The light of a thousand stars doesn't equal the light of the moon.
(African Proverb)
The house rat who goes swimming with his friend the lizard will die from cold.
(African Proverb)
The grass may be greener on the other side, but it is just as difficult to cut.
(African Proverb)
Truth cannot be hidden forever beneath evil.
(African Proverb)
To love a king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better.
(African Proverb)
Those who walk slowly reach a far, hence to hurry is not worth.
(African Proverb)
Those who are opposed to terrorism should not terrorise others.
(African Proverb)
There are no witnesses to a dream.
(African Proverb)
The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
(African Proverb)
The tooth is a fool because it smiles to whom it even dislikes.
(African Proverb)
The sun shines during the day, not at night.
(African Proverb)
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.
(African Proverb)
The power of a leopard resides in its claws.
(African Proverb)
The one who knows the way to the cemetery carries the tail end of the coffin.
(African Proverb)
The mouth does not eat if the feet do not walk and the hands work.
(African Proverb)
The life of a groundnut lies between two shells.
(African Proverb)
The horns cannot be too heavy for the cow that bears them.
(African Proverb)
The grave only calls those death loves.
(African Proverb)
Truth and morning become light with time.
(African Proverb)
To handle yourself use your head to handle others use your heart.
(African Proverb)
Those who think there too big to do little things are perhaps to small to do big things.
(African Proverb)
Those at piece, work for it.
(African Proverb)
There are no short cuts to the top of a palm tree.
(African Proverb)
The wind that carried the mortar will not fail to carry the pestle.
(African Proverb)
The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.
(African Proverb)
The strongest person among men is not he who fights everyone but is he who controls is anger.
(African Proverb)
The same teeth that a dog uses to play it uses to bite too.
(African Proverb)
The persons we eat with are the ones to kills us.
(African Proverb)
The one who hasn't strength to pound yams pretends to drive away flies from the yams.
(African Proverb)
The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe; the snake says: climb a tree without arms.
(African Proverb)
The leopard that covers its black spots with hamaton dust solution will truly be exposed when the rain season comes.
(African Proverb)
The homeowner doesn't eat a little.
(African Proverb)
The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.
(African Proverb)
True love means what's mine is yours.
(African Proverb)
To guess is cheap, to guess wrong is expensive.
(African Proverb)
Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success.
(African Proverb)
Think like a winner and you will be one.
(African Proverb)
There are many colourful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
(African Proverb)
The wind helps those without an axe to cut wood.
(African Proverb)
The tongue is not statically smooth.
(African Proverb)
The strongest man on earth is he who stands alone.
(African Proverb)
The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.
(African Proverb)
The person you put on your back is one who bites you.
(African Proverb)
The one chased away with a stick comes back and the one chassed away with reason doesn't come back.
(African Proverb)
The most horrible sight on earth cannot put out the eye.
(African Proverb)
The leopard does not sleep on a dry branch.
(African Proverb)
The hen knows that dawn has arrived but it leaves the duty of crowing to the cock.
(African Proverb)
The gourd that never leaves the boozing centre attains cracks.
(African Proverb)
Troubles are like babies: the more they are nursed, the better they grow.
(African Proverb)
To form a dog is the ruin of education.
(African Proverb)
Those who part from there homeland part with there all life.
(African Proverb)
They laugh at you when your going but when you came back with a load they're a shamed.
(African Proverb)
The zebra told the white horse, The zebra told the white horse, "I am white," and told the black horse, "I am actually black."
(African Proverb)
The white ant is small but it creates the great anthill.
(African Proverb)
The toad that wanted to avoid the rain fell in the water.
(African Proverb)
The strong will always rule, it's only a question of the content of the strength.
(African Proverb)
The roughness of a cotton tree is not known until you get close to it.
(African Proverb)
The person you know during daytime should also be recognisable during night time.
(African Proverb)
The one who is not wrestling says throw him down and we go.
(African Proverb)
The more mistakes you make the fewer mistakes there left to make.
(African Proverb)
The length of the rope determines the movement of the goat.
(African Proverb)
The hen doesn't have breasts, but she can still feed her chicks.
(African Proverb)
The goat eats where it's tethered.
(African Proverb)
Travel makes one a stranger.
(African Proverb)
To cut off the head is no remedy for the headache.
(African Proverb)
Those who never protect the values of their ancestors their soul will never rest peacefully.
(African Proverb)
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