Today’s African Proverb (1.7.12)

7 January 2012, by DailyLifelines

Better to do what is right than do big things.   (Gambia- Mandinka)

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Today’s African Proverb (9.25.11)

25 September 2011, by DailyLifelines

A donkey cannot get rid of its large ears merely by shaking its head vigorously.  (Gambia)

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Today’s African Proverb (9.9.11)

9 September 2011, by DailyLifelines

Partial loss is better than total loss.  (Gambia- Mandinka) 

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Today’s African Proverb (3.30.11)

30 March 2011, by DailyLifelines

The road to peace is not far. (Gambia)

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Today’s African Proverb (3.24.11)

24 March 2011, by DailyLifelines

Don’t hurry to love someone. Perhaps she hates you. Don’t hurry to hate her. Perhaps she loves you.  (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal- Fulfulde)

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Today’s African Proverb (11.18.10)

18 November 2010, by DailyLifelines

If you trample on a blind man’s testicles, next time he hears your footsteps, he will close his legs. (Gambia)

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How do you get your wisdom?

16 September 2010, by DailyLifelines

Words of wisdom from Africa can encourage us, inspire us and remind us of truths we have overlooked or forgotten.  For example,

• “When your sister does your hair, you do not need a mirror.” (Africa)
• “Even a poor rat has at least one hole.” (U.S. Black Belt South)
• “It is better to walk than to grow angry with the road.” (Senegal, Gambia)
• “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.” (Africa)

Now you can have an African proverb delivered to your e-mail box each day absolutely free! Some of these proverbs are taken from Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs, and many come from our collective data base of over 7,000 proverbs.

To receive an African proverb-a-day directly in your in-box, please sign-up on our website: www.LifelinesProverbs.com (subscribe on the right hand side of the site- “Proverb-A-Day”).

Folks from all over the world are starting their day with an African proverb/Daily Lifeline.  We look forward to you joining them and us in our daily discovery as “when the truth is missing, proverbs are used to discover it.” (Yoruba proverb)

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*’….’*:-.,_,.-:*’….”A proverb is to speech what salt is to food.” (Ethiopia)



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