#traditional african sayings

“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 · Ubuntu philosophy

“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