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Wisdom is wealth! One thing I respect deeply about

Africa is the treasure of wisdom our ancestors have

handed down to us. While some of our leaders may have

forgotten them, the rest of us dont need to.From

prudent sayings on wisdom itself, to judicious

encouragements, warnings and even quirky adviceon

learning, patience, unity, wealth, poverty, community,

family, love and marriage, these quotes will inspire you to

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African Quotes on Wisdom

Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one

individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb

The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~

Ethiopian proverb

Wisdom does not come overnight. ~

Somali proverb

The heart of the wise man lies quiet like

limpid water. ~ Cameroon proverb

Wisdom is like fire. People take it from

others. ~ Hema (DRC) proverb



Only a wise person can solve a difficult

problem. ~ Akan proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is like water

in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb

In the moment of crisis, the wise build

bridges and the foolish build dams. ~

Nigerian proverb

If you are filled with pride, then you will

have no room for wisdom.~ African proverb

A wise person will always find a way. ~

Tanzanian proverb

Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb

A man who uses force is afraid of

reasoning. ~Kenyan proverb

Wisdom is not like money to be tied up

and hidden. ~ Akan proverb

African Quotes on Learning

Learning expands great souls. ~

Namibian proverb

To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African

proverb

By crawling a child learns to stand. ~

African proverb

If you close your eyes to facts, you will

learn through accidents. ~ African proverb

He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian

proverb

Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end;

learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili

proverb

By trying often, the monkey learns to

jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb

You always learn a lot more when you

lose than when you win. ~ African proverb



You learn how to cut down trees by

cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb

The wise create proverbs for fools to

learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb

What you help a child to love can be

more important than what you help him to

learn. ~African proverb

By the time the fool has learned the

game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti

proverb

One who causes others misfortune also

teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb

You do not teach the paths of the forest

to an old gorilla. ~Congolese proverb

What you learn is what you die with. ~

African proverb

Instruction in youth is like engraving in

stone. ~Moroccan Proverb

When you follow in the path of your

father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti

Proverb

Ears that do not listen to advice,

accompany the head when it is chopped off.

~African Proverb

Advice is a stranger; if hes welcome he

stays for the night; if not, he leaves the

same day. ~Malagasy Proverb

Traveling is learning. ~Kenyan Proverb

Where there are experts there will be no

lack of learners. ~Swahili Proverb


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African proverbs on Peace and Leadership

Peace is costly but it is worth the

expense. ~Kenyan proverb



War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying

When a king has good counselors, his

reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb

Peace does not make a good ruler.

~Botswana proverb

A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to

the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb

There can be no peace without

understanding. ~Senegalese proverb

Milk and honey have different colors, but

they share the same house peacefully. ~

African proverb

If you cant resolve your problems in

peace, you cant solve war. ~ Somalian

proverb

When there is peace in the country, the

chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan

proverb

When two elephants fight, it is the grass

that gets trampled. ~ Swahili saying

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will

go far. ~ West African proverb

He who thinks he is leading and has no

one following him is only taking a walk. ~

Malawian proverb

An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat

an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian

proverb

He who is destined for power does not

have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb

Do not forget what is to be a sailor

because of being a captain yourself. ~

Tanzanian proverb

Without a leader, black ants are

confused. ~Ugandan proverb

He who refuses to obey cannot

command. ~ Kenyan proverb

He who fears the sun will not become

chief. ~Ugandan proverb

A large chair does not make a king. ~

Sudanese proverb

Because he lost his reputation, he lost a

kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb

Where a woman rules, streams run

uphill. ~ Ethiopian proverb



A leader who does not take advice is not

a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb

If the cockroach wants to rule over the

chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-

guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb



African Quotes on Unity and Community

Unity is strength, division is weakness.

~Swahili proverb

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

~Bondei proverb

It takes a village to raise a child. ~African

proverb

Cross the river in a crowd and the

crocodile wont eat you. ~African proverb

Many hands make light work. ~Haya

(Tanzania) proverb

Where there are many, nothing goes

wrong. ~ Swahili proverb

Two ants do not fail to pull one

grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb

A single bracelet does not jingle. ~

Congolese proverb

A single stick may smoke, but it will not

burn. ~ African proverb

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you

want to go far, go together. ~ African

proverb



African Quotes on Family

A family is like a forest, when you are

outside it is dense, when you are inside you

see that each tree has its place. ~ African

Proverb

A united family eats from the same plate.

~Baganda proverb

A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it

cannot break. ~ African proverb

If I am in harmony with my family, thats

success. ~ Ute proverb

Brothers love each other when they are

equally rich. ~ African proverb

Dine with a stranger but save your love

for your family. ~Ethiopian proverb

There is no fool who is disowned by his

family.~ African proverb

Home affairs are not talked about on the

public square.~ African proverb

If relatives help each other, what evil can

hurt them?~ African proverb

He who earns calamity, eats it with his

family. ~ African proverb

Dine with a stranger but save your love

for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb

The old woman looks after the child to

grow its teeth and the young one in turn

looks after the old woman when she loses

her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast)

proverb

When brothers fight to the death, a

stranger inherits their fathers estate. ~ Ibo

proverb



Children are the reward of life. ~ African

proverb


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African Proverbs on Friendship

To be without a friend is to be poor

indeed. ~Tanzanian proverb

Hold a true friend with both hands.~

African proverb

The friends of our friends are our friends.

~Congolese proverb

A friend is someone you share the path

with.~ African proverb

Show me your friend and I will show you

your character.~ African proverb

Return to old watering holes for more

than water; friends and dreams are there to

meet you.~ African proverb

Between true friends even water drunk

together is sweet enough.~ African proverb

A small house will hold a hundred

friends.~ African proverb

A close friend can become a close

enemy.~ African proverb

Bad friends will prevent you from having

good friends. ~Gabon proverb



African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

Make some money but dont let money

make you. ~Tanzania

It is no shame at all to work for money.

~Africa

He who loves money must labor.

~Mauritania

By labor comes wealth.~ Yoruba

Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia

One cannot both feast and become rich.

~Ashanti

One cannot count on riches. ~Somalia

Money is sharper than the sword.

Ashanti

A mans wealth may be superior to him.

~Cameroon

The rich are always complaining. ~Zulu

The wealth which enslaves the owner

isnt wealth. ~Yoruba

The poor man and the rich man do not

play together. ~Ashanti

Lack of money is lack of friends; if you

have money at your disposal, every dog and

goat will claim to be related to you.~ Yoruba

With wealth one wins a woman.

~Uganda

Dogs do not actually prefer bones to

meat; it is just that no one ever gives them

meat. ~Akan

A real family eats the same cornmeal.

~Bayombe

If your cornfield is far from your house,

the birds will eat your corn. ~Congo



Money cant talk, yet it can make lies look

true. ~South Africa

One cannot count on riches. ~Somalia

Money is not the medicine against

death.~ Ghana

He who receives a gift does not measure.

~Africa

Much wealth brings many enemies.

Swahili

There is no one who became rich

because he broke a holiday, no one became

fat because he broke a fast. ~Ethiopia

What you give you get, ten times over.

~Yoruba

Greed loses what it has gained. ~Africa

You become wise when you begin to run

out of money. ~Ghana

If ten cents does not go out, it does not

bring in one thousand dollars. ~Ghana

You should not hoard your money and

die of hunger. Ghana

Wealth diminishes with usage; learning

increases with use.~ Nigeria

Wisdom is not like money to be tied up

and hidden. ~Akan

Having a good discussion is like having

riches ~Kenya

Knowledge is better than riches.

~Cameroon

You must act as if it is impossible to fail.

~Ashanti

Do not let what you cannot do tear from

your hands what you can. ~Ashanti




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Proverbs on Beauty

One who plants grapes by the road side,

and one who marries a pretty woman, share

the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb

Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.

~Uganda Proverb

The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but

not his heart. ~Baluba proverb

Ugliness with a good character is better

than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb

A beautiful one hurts the heart. ~African

Proverb

Anyone who sees beauty and does not

look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruba Proverb

The surface of the water is beautiful, but

it is no good to sleep on. ~Ghanaian Proverb

If there is character, ugliness becomes

beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes

ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb

You are beautiful, but learn to work, for

you cannot eat your beauty. ~Congolese

Proverb

The one who loves an unsightly person is

the one who makes him beautiful. ~Ganda

Proverb

Having beauty doesnt mean

understanding the perseverance of

marriage. ~African Proverb

You are beautiful because of your

possessions. ~Baguirmi Proverb

Every woman is beautiful until she

speaks. ~Zimbabwean Proverb



Three things cause sorrow to flee; water,

green trees, and a beautiful face.

~Moroccan Proverb

A beautiful thing is never perfect.

~Egyptian Proverb

Patience is the mother of a beautiful

child. ~Bantu Proverb

There is no beauty but the beauty of

action. ~Moroccan Proverb

Judge not your beauty by the number of

people who look at you, but rather by the

number of people who smile at you.

~African Proverb

A pretty face and fine clothes do not

make character. ~Congolese Proverb

Youth is beauty, even in cattle. ~Egyptian

Proverb

A pretty basket does not prevent worries.

~Congolese Proverb

Its those ugly caterpillars that turn into

beautiful butterflies after seasons. ~African

Proverb

The most beautiful fig may contain a

worm. ~Zulu Proverb

It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the

prospect of being taken to a beautiful

abattoir. ~African Proverb

A woman who pursues a man for sex

loses her spiritual beauty. ~African Proverb

A chicken with beautiful plumage does

not sit in a corner. ~African Proverb

The cook does not have to be a beautiful

woman. ~Shona Proverb

Beautiful words dont put porridge in the

pot. ~Botswana Proverb

She is beautiful; she has love,

understands; she respects herself and

others; everyone likes, loves and honors

her; she is a goddess. ~African Proverb

There is always a winner even in a

monkeys beauty contest. ~African Proverb

Dress up a stick and itll be a beautiful

bride. ~Egyptian Proverb

An ugly child of your own is more to you

than a beautiful one belonging to your

neighbor. ~Ganda Proverb



Even the colors of a chameleon are for

survival not beauty. ~African Proverb

Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald

~ yet it can be found among the servant

girls at the grindstones. ~Egyptian Proverb

When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has

turned into rags, no one remembers that it

was woven by Ukwa master weavers. ~Igbo

Proverb

A womans polite devotion is her greatest

beauty. ~African Proverb

There are many colorful flowers on the

path of life, but the prettiest have the

sharpest thorns. ~African Proverb

He who marries a beauty marries

trouble. ~Nigerian Proverb

Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and

the stars, the sky also has a threatening

thunder and striking lightening. ~African

Proverb

Getting only a beautiful woman is like

planting a vine on the roadside everyone

feeds on it. ~African Proverb

Greatness and beauty do not belong to

the gods alone. ~Nigerian Proverb

Roosters tail feathers: pretty but always

behind. ~Malagasy Proverb

Beauty is not sold and eaten. ~Nigerian

Proverb

She is like a road pretty, but crooked.

~Cameroonian Proverb

Why they like an ugly person takes long

for a beautiful person to know. ~African

Proverb

If you find Miss This Year beautiful, then

youll find Miss Next Year even more so.

~Nigerian Proverb

The beauty of a woman becomes useless

if there is no one to admire it. ~African

Proverb





African Love and Marriage Quotes

He who loves the vase loves also what is

inside. ~ African proverb

Its much easier to fall in love than to stay

in love. ~ African proverb

Coffee and love taste best when hot. ~

Ethiopian proverb

Where there is love there is no darkness.

~Burundian proverb

If you are ugly you must either learn to

dance or make love. ~ Zimbabwean Proverp

Pretend you are dead and you will see

who really loves you. ~ African proverb

To love the king is not bad, but a king

who loves you is better. ~ Wolof proverb

A happy man marries the girl he loves,

but a happier man loves the girl he marries.

~ African proverb

If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the

money goes and the monkey remains as is.

~ Egyptian proverb

Love never gets lost its only kept. ~

African proverb

Never marry a woman who has bigger

feet than you. ~ Mozambique proverb

One thread for the needle, one love for

the heart. ~ Sudanese proverb

Love has to be shown by deeds not

words. ~ Swahili proverb

Love is a despot who spares no one.

~Namibian proverb



Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to

crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian

proverb



African Quotes on Patience

Patience is the key which solves all

problems. ~ Sudanese proverb

Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ~ Swahili

proverb

Patience is the mother of a beautiful

child. ~ Bantu proverb

To run is not necessarily to arrive. ~

Swahili proverb

Patience can cook a stone. ~ African

proverb

A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ~ African

proverb

At the bottom of patience one finds

heaven. ~ African proverb

A patient person never misses a thing. ~

Swahili proverb

Patience puts a crown on the head.

~Ugandan proverb

Patience attracts happiness; it brings

near that which is far. ~Swahili proverb

Always being in a hurry does not prevent

death, neither does going slowly prevent

living. ~ Ibo proverb

However long the night, the dawn will

break. ~ African proverb (personal

favourite!)



African Quotes on Food

As porridge benefits those who heat and

eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear

it. ~Amharic Proverb

The forest not only hides mans enemies

but its full of mans medicine, healing power

and food. ~African Proverb

One person is a thin porridge; two or

three people are a lump of ugali. ~Kuria

Proverb

The man who counts the bits of food he

swallows is never satisfied. ~African Proverb

Wine, women and food give gladness to

the heart. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb

The food that is in the mouth is not yet in

the belly. ~Kikuyu Proverb

You cannot work for food when there is

no food for work. ~African Proverb

The chicken that digs for food will not

sleep hungry. ~Bayombe Proverb

He who eats another mans food will have

his own food eaten by others. ~Swahili

Proverb

Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a

man, but he ends up with gravel in his

mouth. ~African Proverb

No partridge scratches the ground in

search of food for another. ~Xhosa Proverb

The grasshopper which is always near its

mother eats the best food. ~Ghanaian

Proverb

Dont take another mouthful before you

have swallowed what is in your mouth.

~Malagasy Proverb



Rich people sometimes eat bad food.

~Kikuyu Proverb

The impotent man does not eat spicy

foods. ~Congolese Proverb

You should know whats being cooked in

the kitchen otherwise you might eat a

forbidden food. ~African Proverb

When the leg does not walk, the stomach

does not eat. ~Mongo (Congolese) Proverb

A healthy person who begs for food is an

insult to a generous farmer. ~Ghanaian

Proverb

One spoon of soup in need has more

value than a pot of soup when we have an

abundance of food. ~Angolan Proverb

Cooked food is not sold for goats.

~Kikuyu Proverb

The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets

who gave it the food. ~African Proverb

A dog knows the places he is thrown

food. ~Acholi Proverb

One who eats alone cannot discuss the

taste of the food with others. ~African

Proverb

Words are sweet, but they never take the

place of food. ~Ibo Proverb

The man who has bread to eat does not

appreciate the severity of a famine. ~Yoruba

Proverb

He who doesnt clean his mouth before

breakfast always complains that the food is

sour. ~African Proverb

The hyena with a cub does not consume

all the available food. ~Akamba Proverb

When the food is cooked there is no

need to wait before eating it. ~Kikuyu

Proverb

What one wont eat by itself, one will eat

when mixed with other food. ~Bantu &

Lamba Proverb

Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed

it you do not know how hot it is. ~Haussa

Proverb

No one gets a mouthful of food by

picking between another persons teeth.

~Igbo Proverb



It is not the cooks fault when the cassava

turns out to be hard and tasteless. ~Ewe

Proverb

A housewife who complains that there is

not enough foodstuff in the market should

remember that if her husband adds to what

is already available, there would be more

for everyone. ~Nigerian Proverb

A spiders cobweb isnt only its sleeping

spring but also its food trap. ~African

Proverb

If you watch your pot, your food will not

burn. ~Mauritanian, Nigerian, and Niger

Proverb

Those who are at one regarding food are

at one in life. ~Malawian Proverb

Fine words do not produce food.

~Nigerian Proverb

Even the best cooking pot will not

produce food. ~African Proverb

If I could see your face, I would not need

food. ~Amharic Proverb

If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.

~Ghanaian Proverb

War is not porridge. ~Gikuyu Proverb

The best of mankind is a farmer; the best

food is fruit. ~Ethiopian Proverb

Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the

gourd. ~Kuria People of Kenyan & Tanzania

One shares food not words. ~Somali

Proverb

If you are looking for a fly in your food it

means that you are full. ~South African

Proverb

Nature gave us two cheeks instead of

one to make it easier to eat hot food.

~Ghanaian Proverb

A patient that can swallow food makes

the nurse doubtful. ~Malagasy Proverb

If you give bad food to your stomach, it

drums for you to dance. ~African Proverb

A bad cook also has his/her share of the

bad food. ~African Proverb

The forest provides food to the hunter

after he is utterly exhausted. ~Zimbabwean

Proverb



Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked

stones and they produced soup.

~Zimbabwean Proverb

You cannot tell a hungry child that you

gave him food yesterday. ~Zimbabwean

Proverb

Good music goes with good food.

~African Proverb

Rich people cook their food in a

potsherd. ~Kikuyu Proverb

However little food we have, well share it

even if its only one locust. ~Malagasy

Proverb

Water is colourless and tasteless but you

can live on it longer than eating food.

~African Proverb

Eat when the food is ready; speak when

the time is right. ~Ethiopian Proverb

The food eaten first lasts longest in the

stomach. ~Kikuyu Proverb

When your luck deserts you, even cold

food burns. ~Zambian Proverb

Happiness is as good as food. ~Maasai

Proverb

Good words are food, bad words poison.

~Malagasy Proverb

The goat says: Where there is blood,

there is plenty of food. ~Ghanaian Proverb

If you see a man in a gown eating with a

man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.

~Fulani Proverb

They ate our food, and forgot our names.

~Tunisian Proverb

An abundance of food at your

neighbours will not satisfy your hunger.

~Bayaka Proverb

Food you will not eat you do not boil.

~African Proverb



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(http://twitter.com/eweket/status/223392006347567105/)Ju ly 12, 2012 (http://afr i tor ial .com/the-




inspiring quotes http://t.co/Hxu9ghPW

(http://t.co/Hxu9ghPW) via @afritorial

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@robyngianni

(http://twitter.com/robyngianni/status/241519663325016064/)August 31, 2012

(http://afr itoria l .com/the-best-72-

african-wise-proverbs/#comment-4396)



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Abdihamid mohamed

elwakSeptember 6, 2012



Africa is land full of wisdom.

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M.Palaniappan

(http://Artificial .com)September 12, 2012



With all these great African proverbs why is

Africa so united and not progressed perhaps

from western viewpoint?

Or perhaps am I looking from a materialistic

point of view?perhaps it has reached its

peak from a spiritual happiness index?

Henry DankwaFebruary 23, 2014


african-wise-proverbs/#comment-

6263)

When people hear Africa they think of

one big country, despite all of its

problems countries in Africa are

progressing but you never see or hear of



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that on the news, all you see or hear

about is the wars,famine and corruption.

Most of these african countries barely

gained independence in the 50s,60s and

70s but oh men they doing so well

and I am proud of them and and proud

to be African.

I know that Africa will progress but it

wont happen over time,we need all

those children that went to the Europes

and Americas to further their to come

back and rebuild africa.

Africans are rich in happiness despite

our struggles, we are always laughing

and smiling,shaking hands and never

letting go, shouting on top of our voices

when excited, but only a few outsiders

understand.

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Afritorial (@Afritorial)

(http://twitter.com/Afritorial/status/257067951864311808/)October 13, 2012



A pretty face and fine clothes do not make

character. ~ Congolese Proverb

(http://t.co/ToioifZg (http://t.co/ToioifZg))



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@geniuskamo

(http://twitter.com/geniuskamo/status/257082017706020864/)October 13, 2012



RT @Afritorial: A pretty face and fine clothes

do not make character. ~ Congolese Proverb

(http://t.co/ToioifZg (http://t.co/ToioifZg))

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@koechbrianS

(http://twitter.com/koechbrianS/status/266568916833280001/)November 8, 2012



The best: 72+ African wise proverbs and

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ecadet mwoma

(http://Website)November 23, 2012



aman,ganagwo namansu chimbachero chwa

abagoka chibwatigu



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@CoreyGumbs

(http://twitter.com/CoreyGumbs/status/273228759442788352/)November 27, 2012



some inspiration: http://t.co/BYpcEtMo

(http://t.co/BYpcEtMo) http://t.co/5Sb2AhCn

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(dev))December 12, 2012



You have a new fan here in me, and I like

your website, too. Very distinctive.

showing real and specific communication

design goals.

I will spend much time here.

Graci,

MichialT



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jackson

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i love this and will love to have more on my

email account cause i will be a leader in a

short while

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@USADF

(http://twitter.com/USADF/status/289125608796086274/)January 9, 2013



Do you have an African proverb that extolls

the values of the continents businesses,

cooperatives and http://t.co/S26A1zTi

(http://t.co/S26A1zTi)

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(http://twitter.com/Afritorial/status/292111106544115712/)January 18, 2013



Weve added more proverbs to our much-

loved post on Africa wise sayings this time

about wealth, money & poverty

http://t.co/ToioifZg (http://t.co/ToioifZg)


(http://twitter.com/Afritorial/status/292966470844026880/)January 20, 2013





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inspiring quotes http://t.co/UgQA5E6b

(http://t.co/UgQA5E6b)

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Muse Origins

(@museorigins)

(http://twitter.com/museorigins/status/293015574450147328/)January 20, 2013



RT @Afritorial: The best: 72+ African wise

proverbs and inspiring quotes

http://t.co/UgQA5E6b

(http://t.co/UgQA5E6b)

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@nanawireko

(http://twitter.com/nanawireko/status/297764267309027329/)February 2, 2013



RT @jabdulai: The best: 72+ African wise


http://t.co/5NGnQ3XY

(http://t.co/5NGnQ3XY)



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@hoosierclinger

(http://twitter.com/hoosierclinger/status/298881018629349377/)February 5, 2013



@LadyLashay1776 these just kept me busy

for the last 20 minutes. http://t.co/2feP820v

(http://t.co/2feP820v)

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@LadyLashay1776

(http://twitter.com/LadyLashay1776/status/298881091908018178/)February 5, 2013



RT @hoosierclinger: @LadyLashay1776

these just kept me busy for the last 20

minutes. http://t.co/2feP820v

(http://t.co/2feP820v)

Geoffrey Lartey

(http://@geoffreyline)



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February 6, 2013



Patience attracts happiness; it brings near

that which is far

Awesome proverbs

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geoffrey lartey

(http://@geoffreyline)February 6, 2013



Life is a challenge and not a competition

Love with your heart

There is only one you

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(http://twitter.com/AFROSTEREO/status/299095045842288641/)February 6, 2013




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(http://t.co/P93M7Uop)



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@JeanPierreLevac

(http://twitter.com/JeanPierreLevac/status/300263094167404546/)February 9, 2013



Gems abound here: http://t.co/bXDfZ3Ku

(http://t.co/bXDfZ3Ku) #africa #proverb

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@WheresYourVoice

(http://twitter.com/WheresYourVoice/status/300334726428905472/)February 9, 2013




inspiring quotes http://t.co/RqjNeIrW

(http://t.co/RqjNeIrW)

Justin

(http://www.yahoo.com)February 13, 2013



I love this beautiful proverbs keeps us



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enlightened.thx alot!!

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Neva Mwiti

(http://afritorial.com/about/)February 15, 2013



5765)

Our pleasure. keep visiting!

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@mn_tarheel

(http://twitter.com/mn_tarheel/status/305721952239230976/)February 24, 2013



The best: 72+ #African wise proverbs and

inspiring quotes http://t.co/F0ecSSRxt4

(http://t.co/F0ecSSRxt4)



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Desemond De vos

(http://Website)March 1, 2013



Im proud to be an African

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@RobGTheGeneral

(http://twitter.com/RobGTheGeneral/status/307473398836125697/)March 1, 2013



@Khekerem Are you abreast of all Nigerian

Proverbs? Here ya go.

http://t.co/jwVU07uC75

(http://t.co/jwVU07uC75)

@HaroldWNelson

(http://twitter.com/HaroldWNelson/status/310578258322268161/)March 10, 2013



#BlackPeopleActivities African wise


http://t.co/7cSC5FC4Oy

(http://t.co/7cSC5FC4Oy)



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@SearchingHomer

(http://twitter.com/SearchingHomer/status/310583560736223232/)March 10, 2013



RT @HaroldWNelson: #BlackPeopleActivities

African wise proverbs and inspiring quotes



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Nicky

(http://www.savannahome.se)March 10, 2013



Reading these proverbs makes me proud to

be African. I hope you dont mind me sharing

them.



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@Dropping_Facts

(http://twitter.com/Dropping_Facts/status/310937029410185216/)March 11, 2013



RT @HaroldWNelson: #BlackPeopleActivities

African wise proverbs and inspiring quotes



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@kdemming

(http://twitter.com/kdemming/status/323883854760927232/)Apri l 15, 2013





http://t.co/RvGdt2xuHm

(http://t.co/RvGdt2xuHm)

@Sun02shine

(http://twitter.com/Sun02shine/status/325376097057386497/)Apri l 19, 2013





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Interesting read: Afritorial

http://t.co/EjI4zMchqE

(http://t.co/EjI4zMchqE)

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Isaac M Mwale

(http://google.com)February 4, 2014



I love the proverbs. they really teach a lot.

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Neva Mwiti

(http://afritorial.com/about/)February 5, 2014



6152)

Thanks Isaac. Were glad youve enjoyed

them we hope that you now live them

The Team @ Afritorial.



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longole MarkFebruary 13, 2014



preserving African identifty, love and

treasure is through the proverbs taught by

our forefathers, we should emulate them

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BlessingFebruary 16, 2014



This is great staff i really enjoyed

the.proverbs.

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EdwinMarch 27, 2014



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add one on top of leadershipA leader is he

who tells his people what they most hear

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