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African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

 Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe If your cornfield is far from your house, ...
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GBUDUGBUDU AND SURUGEDE PROVERBS

1. There is no pond which the sun cannot dry up (Kenya) 2. "Though I am not edible," says the vulture, "yet I nurse my eggs in the branches of a high tree because man is hard to be trusted" (Ghana) 3. To avoid fraud (or since God does not like wickedness), God gave every creature a name (Ghana) 4. To borrow is to spoil friendship (East Africa) 5. To eat much leaves you with a swollen belly (Kenya) 6. To stir (the water in) the pond brings up the mud (S. Africa-Azania) 7. Two friends share the white ant (Uganda) 8. Two male hippos do not stay in the same pond (S. Africa-Azania) 9. We are born from the womb of our mother; we are buried in the womb of the earth (Ethiopia) 10. We do not see God, we only see His works (Ethiopi 11. Wealth is dew (S. Africa-Azania) 12. What God puts in store for someone (or preserves for the poor) never goes rotten (East Africa) 13. When a sweet potato has been thrown into the ash-heap it becomes uneatable (S. Afri...
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African Proverbs on Friendship

To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.  ~ Tanzanian proverb Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb The friends of our friends are our friends.  ~ Congolese proverb A friend is someone you share the path with. ~ African proverb Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. ~ African proverb Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb A small house will hold a hundred friends. ~ African proverb A close friend can become a close enemy.~ African proverb Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.  ~ Gabon proverb
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