Trayvon Martin | Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

Today’s African Proverb (7.18.13)

The dog stole and the goat is being punished. (West Africa) 3 people like this post. Like Unlike

If chickens were judges, cockroaches would be sentenced. (Jamaica) 3 people like this post. Like Unlike

Do not follow a person who is running away. (Kenya) 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

If the fire of the law dies here and burns there, it is not operating properly. (Ghana) 4 people like this post....

You don’t expect to win a case in someone else’s village. (Zambia- Kaonde) 4 people like this post. Like Unlike

It’s always a double punishment to beat a child and ask him not to cry. (Nigeria- Igbo) 8 people like this post....