- A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
- A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother
puts into his palm.
- An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
- A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.
- A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does
not prick its pride.
- As the dog said, 'If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is
playing.'
- A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties. (Yoruba)
- Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
- If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.
- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
- It takes a whole village to raise a child
- Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
- People should not talk while they are eating or pepper may go down the
wrong way.
- The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would
praise himself if no one else did.
- The mouth which eats does not talk.
- The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel
under them.
- Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should
not forget to be humble.
- When a man says yes, his chi (personal god) says yes also.
- When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.
- You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
- You must judge a man by the work of his hands.
'Africa my beginning, Africa my end. I was born here and I will die here' Africa you bear my hopes and fears Poverty, famine, crime and AIDS are words which plague Mother Africa's name These demons bring me shame While people try to make Africa better, a few let the hardship overpower them Shame on them They give up hope and go about their knavish ways Even though there's hope on the horizon, be that as it may They continue to destroy what little Mother Africa has Africa is no longer what she was 'Mother Africa is weeping' Yet a new dawn may be creeping Mother Africa and her children are beautiful, they know their place in nature Even though hardship may corrupt good nature In the name of ALL that is good, I hope Africa will rise one day And we'll stop the suffering before she frays The words upon a famous poet, I hear 'Africa my beginning, Africa my end. I was born here and I will die here' Mthoko Mpofana
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