Today’s African Proverb (5.12.12)

You do not become a chief simply by sitting on a big stool.  (Ghana

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Today’s African Proverb (9.25.11)

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

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Today’s African Proverb (8.6.11)

Only a lion knows best its own needs and can best serve them.  (Botswana) 

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Today’s African Proverb (6.21.11)

A tree that grows in the shade of another one will die small. (Senegal

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Today’s African Proverb (6.17.11)

A lamb that decides to act like a wolf should be ready for the hunters arrows. (Africa)

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Today’s African Proverb (6.16.11)

If a bird does not recognize a tree, it will not rest on it.  (Cameroon

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Today’s African Proverb (5.21.11)

When all men say you are a dog, it is time to bark. (Togo)

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Today’s African Proverb (1.22.11)

You can recognize a person’s tribe by the way he cries.  (Gullah)

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Today’s African Proverb (12.3.10)

Every head must do its own thinking. (Liberia)

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Today’s African Proverb (11.3.10)

How easy it is to defeat people who do not build fire for themselves. (Kenya)

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Today’s African Proverb (11.2.10)

Don’t let anyone outpick you in your own field.  (U.S. Black Belt South)

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Today’s African Proverb (11.1.10)

He is speaking Twi but he has not forgotten that Ewe is his mother tongue.  (West Africa)

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Today’s African Proverb (10.19.10)

A parasite cannot live alone. (Namibia)

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Today’s African Proverb (9.8.10)

No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn’t become a crocodile. (Mali)

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Today’s African Proverb (8.20.10)

What was hatched a hen must not try to be a rooster.   (Grenada, Tobago)

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