1. The guest has tastier snuff (Kenya)
2. The hand of the young does not reach the high shelf; that of the elder does not go into the gourd (Nigeria)
3. The hen comes from the egg and the egg comes from the hen (S. Africa0-Azania)
4. The hyena does not forget where it has hidden its kill (S. Africa-Azania)
5. The leopard that visits you is the one which kills you (East Africa)
6. The mother of a great man has not horns (i.e. she is a simple woman) (Kenya)
7. The mouth is the radio (transmitter) of the African (Kenya)
8. The one who is too talkative leaves his mouth empty (East Africa)
9. The one whom God clothes will not go naked (Ethiopia)
10. The plant protected by God is never hurt by the wind (Rwanda)
11. The poor man's main tool is his tongue with which he defends himself (Ghana)
12. The stick of God does not cause one to cry (i.e. it is not painful) (Kenya)
13. The strength of the crocodile is the water (S. Africa-Azania)
14. The warmth of a rock is known only by the lizard (which lies on it) (Kenya)
15. The way to overcome cold is to warm each other (S. Africa-Azania)
16. The wealth of the wicked will be scattered by the wind like chaff (S. Africa-Azania)
17. The woman is a banana tree (which multiplies itself); the man, however, is a cornstalk (which stands alone) (Ghana)
18. The woman is the rib of man (Uganda)
19. There is no difference between mother and baby snakes, they are equally poisonous (Kenya)
20. There is no lion which cannot miss a chase (Kenya)
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