As long as a cock lives, it is said to have belonged to the child of the house; but when it is slaughtered for super, it is then that the real owner emerges.
More African Proverbs:
How come that when I lost my sheep and could not find it, I was questioned; but the hyena who was found with the sheepskin is not questioned.African
You can't tell the colour of somebody's cloth from his shadow.
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He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook.
African
You can't measure a snake until it's dead.
African
You have to heal the wound before it ignores the medicine.
African
When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.
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