Today’s African Proverb (5.12.12)
12 May 2012, by DailyLifelines
You do not become a chief simply by sitting on a big stool. (Ghana) 
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12 May 2012, by DailyLifelines
You do not become a chief simply by sitting on a big stool. (Ghana) 
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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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6 August 2011, by DailyLifelines
Only a lion knows best its own needs and can best serve them. (Botswana) 
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21 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
A tree that grows in the shade of another one will die small. (Senegal) 
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17 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
A lamb that decides to act like a wolf should be ready for the hunters arrows. (Africa) 
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16 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
If a bird does not recognize a tree, it will not rest on it. (Cameroon) 
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21 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
When all men say you are a dog, it is time to bark. (Togo) 
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22 January 2011, by DailyLifelines
You can recognize a person’s tribe by the way he cries. (Gullah)
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3 December 2010, by DailyLifelines
Every head must do its own thinking. (Liberia)
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3 November 2010, by DailyLifelines
How easy it is to defeat people who do not build fire for themselves. (Kenya)
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2 November 2010, by DailyLifelines
Don’t let anyone outpick you in your own field. (U.S. Black Belt South)
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1 November 2010, by DailyLifelines
He is speaking Twi but he has not forgotten that Ewe is his mother tongue. (West Africa)
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19 October 2010, by DailyLifelines
A parasite cannot live alone. (Namibia)
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8 September 2010, by DailyLifelines
No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn’t become a crocodile. (Mali)
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20 August 2010, by DailyLifelines
What was hatched a hen must not try to be a rooster. (Grenada, Tobago)
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