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Today’s African Proverb (8.14.15)

When the lion gets old, even flies attack him. (- Tanzania, Chaga People) 3 people like this post. Like Unlike

It is better to be poor when one is young, than to become poor during old age. (-Tanzania) 1 person likes this...

The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman...

Get motor car don’t mean throw away bicycle. (- Guyana) 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

Eat coconuts while you have teeth. (-Senegal) 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

He who sees an old woman squatting should leave her alone, who knows how she breathes? (-Africa) 2 people like this post....