I Am Because We Are: African Wisdom in Image and Proverb

Proverbs

5 Proverbs are short sentences edited from long experiences. North African proverb 6 All who live under the sun are plaited together like one big mat. African proverb 7 8 Life is in community. African proverb 9 10 Life is the best gift; the rest is extra. Tanzanian proverb 11 Life is a gift of nature but beautiful living is a gift of wisdom. Malawian proverb 12 The world is a mirror; it looks at you the same way you look at it. North African proverb 13 Life is lived forwards but understood backwards. Congolese proverb 14 Every day of your life is a page in your history. North African proverb 15 16 In the great river of life there are large and small fish. Ghanaian proverb 17 18 Each day that goes by and I am all right is a feast. North African proverb 19 Better a piece of bread with a happy heart than wealth with grief. North African proverb 20 Life is a message; heed it. South African proverb 21 Some secrets of life can never be deciphered. African proverb 22 Life is best lived at a walking pace and best understood at a sprint. Zambian proverb 23 24 Life cannot be hurried. Kenyan proverb 25 26 The lives of animals are parables of our lives. African proverb 27 28 The world is zigzag. Kenyan proverb 29 Life is a walk on a dangerous bridge. African proverb 30 The poorest person in the world is not the one without money but the one without vision. Ghanaian proverb 31 32 Strength of mind strengthens the body. African proverb 33 34 A smile is the strongest weapon in the battle of life. Ghanaian proverb 35 Laughter does wonders for the heart. North African proverb 36 Life has two legs: male and female. African proverb 37 38 Every cackling hen was an egg at one time. Burundian proverb 39 Children are the reward of life. Congolese proverb 40 The kindness of parenthood is the paradise of the world. African proverb 41 The mother with twins must have the milk. Kenyan proverb 42 Home is where life is found in all its fullness. Nigerian proverb 43 The burden of bearing is paid by the born. African proverb 44 45 Look at your children to see their questions before they ask them. Namibian proverb 46 A moral foundation is built in the home and refined outside. Nigerian proverb 47 48 Children are the joy of the world. African proverb 49 50 A child is a store; what you tell her, she keeps. Ugandan proverb 51 When a child behaves like an adult he sees what an adult sees. African proverb 52 Our children are living messages sent to a future we may never see. Nigerian proverb 53 54 An uninitiated man is a child. Kenyan proverb 55 56 The yardstick of living measures the distance from youth to old age. African proverb 57 Today’s youth are the future nation. Zambian proverb 58 59 One’s generation is like a different country to another’s generation. African proverb 60 Without craziness, one does not live. Tanzanian proverb 61 62 She who spends time adorning herself knows she is going to dance. Kenyan proverb 63 The hairdo is fashioned according to the head. Ugandan proverb 64 Living is worthless for one without a home. Ethiopian proverb 65 A house conceals many things. African proverb 66 Domestic affairs are not rags to be washed and hung outside. Ghanaian proverb 67 The town is a barren wilderness to one who is unhappy at home. Nigerian proverb 68 To come out of one’s home means learning. Kenyan proverb 69 70 Ignorance precedes knowledge. Congolese proverb 71 Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested. Guinean proverb 72 One can think best when at rest. North African proverb 73 74 What you help a child to love is more important than what you help her to learn. Senegalese proverb 75 The world is a school, the earth a classroom and experience the best teacher. Nigerian proverb 76 Struggle for knowledge. Kenyan proverb 77 If you educate a man you educate an individual...