“The forest would be silent if no bird sang except the one that sang best.” African Proverb “Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.” African Proverb “A person is a person through other persons.” Nguni Bantu Proverb “The one who tells the stories rules the world.” Hopi Proverb “A tree is straightened while it is young.” African Proverb “An elder who falls asleep at a meeting wakes up to bad decisions.” Yoruba Proverb “However long the night, the dawn will break.” African Proverb “A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” African Proverb “Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.” Guinean Proverb “When the music changes, so does the dance.” Hausa Proverb “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.” Cameroonian Proverb “The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.” African Proverb