A family name is not cooked and eaten, one’s life is the thing.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
A man who lives alone is either always overworked, or always overfed.
Nigerian
A woman who is not successful in her own marriage has no advice to give to her younger generations.
Nigerian
An old banana leaf was once young and green.
Nigerian
When a face is sullen it remains there to be seen on its owner.
Nigerian
The lion basks in the rays of the giraffes sun.
Nigerian