Today’s African Proverb (9.24.11)

What I used to eat with my teeth, I now eat with my eyes only.  (Zimbabwe, Mozambique- Shona)

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Today’s African Proverb (9.20.11)

What fits into the mouth gives you a chance to chew it properly. (Uganda- Ganda)

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Today’s African Proverb (9.1.11)

It is impossible to go and look into the stomach of another. (Togo)

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Today’s African Proverb (8.13.11)

If you are unlucky in hunting, then the animals teach you how to hunt. (Ghana- Akan)

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Today’s African Proverb (6.24.11)

Only you can scratch your itch. (Libya)

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Today’s African Proverb (6.15.11)

Noisy talk does not bring about a solution. (Namibia- Ovambo)

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Today’s African Proverb (5.14.11)

Once the mushroom has sprouted from the earth, there is no turning back. (DRC)

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Today’s African Proverb (5.2.11)

If one tree faces the storm alone, it collapses. (Ghana)

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Today’s African Proverb (4.29.11)

A man with trousers that are too short should wear long suspenders. (Jamaica)

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Today’s African Proverb (3.20.11)

The key that opens is also the key that locks. (Angola, Congo, DRC)    

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Today’s African Proverb 3.5.11

Only he who treads on the fire feels it.   (Libya)

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Today’s African Proverb (2.11.11)

Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. (Ghana- Ashanti)

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Today’s African Proverb (2.3.11)

I only have my nails to scratch with and my feet to walk on.  (Egypt)

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Today’s African Proverb (1.24.11)

A fish, actively swimming, is the best expert of the waters. (Africa)

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Today’s African Proverb (1.21.11)

It is the sky that sees the back of the flying bird. (Nigeria- Igbo)

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