If you ignore your own relatives you will serve the outsiders.
More African Proverbs:
When a cow is crying, a dog is making a party.
African
Give a stammerer enough time and he will pronounce his father's name.
African
If you have a poor father that is destiny; if you have a poor father-in-law, that is your mistake.
African
Being a good friend of a scorpion doesn't mean that you can't be stung by a honeybee.
African
Ours is ours, but mine is mine.
African