No matter how painful the loss, the bereaved won’t be buried with the corpse.
More African Proverbs:
Many rats never drill holes.African
Don't expect to be offered a chair when you are visiting a place where the chief sits on the floor.
African
A kola nut is small, but it is more important that it goes round to each person and not that it fills the stomach.
African
He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime.
African
The buried do not give birth.
African
Those who walk slowly reach a far, hence to hurry is not worth.
African