If a drum is not made, it is the fault of the master; but if the drum is made and is not beaten, then that is the fault of the boys.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
A snake which escapes fills a basket.Nigerian
If a child is not well-behaved, she is not sent by the mother to go alone to the market to buy things for her.
Nigerian
If a child is not well-behaved, she is not sent by the mother to go alone to the market to buy things for her.
Nigerian
Our examples are like seeds on a windy day, they spread far and wide.
Nigerian
When a man loses his prestige, he does not regain it by going to where he is not known.
Nigerian
It is the fear of what tomorrow may bring that makes the tortoise to carry his house along with him wherever he goes.
Nigerian