A Ghanaian proverb sent by Johnny Asare, Chigasaki, Japan
“Oh, cow! You looked at the grass but you didn't see the ditch”
An Ethiopian proverb sent by Melos Snetbeb in the Netherlands
“A king is not kin”A Wolof proverb from Senegal and The Gambia sent by M Ndiaye in Wisconsin, the US
“A spider web that gets in the way of an elephant entering the stream will get pulled along”
Sent by Niyi AB Elesin Itakun in Lagos, Nigeria and Ayokunle Muritala in Dundee, Scotland
“A clever bird builds its nest with other birds' feathers”
A Shona proverb from Zimbabwe sent by Chenjerai Hove, Stavanger, Norway
“A monkey left behind laughs at the other's tail”
An Acholi proverb from Uganda sent by Ebrima Jawo, Banjul, The Gambia
“If the waterbuck continues returning to one place it will meet its death ”
A Lubgara proverb sent by Akudrabo Geoffrey, Arua, Uganda
“A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot without aiming carefully”
Sent by Ayandeji Kamoru and Davis Fuko, both in Nigeria
“Living by the lake side doesn't mean plates full of fish”
A Baganda proverb from Uganda sent by Jelani Michael, Nairobi, Kenya
“The absence of knowledge is the absence of light”
A Somali proverb sent by Mohamed Hussein in London, UK
“A baby goat’s tail sweeps where it sleeps”
A Swahili proverb sent by Kusiima Bagoes Julius Atenyious in Wakiso, Uganda
“Where there are trees, there are no builders”
A Swahili proverb sent by Layla, South Africa“Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no-one ever gives them meat”
An Akan proverb from Ghana and Ivory Cost sent by Aminu Gamawa, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, and Isaac Owusu, Barcelona, Spain“A flea can trouble a lion more than the lion can harm a flea”
A Kamba proverb sent by John Mbiti in Kenya
“If there are no cracks in the wall, the lizard won’t be able to get in”
A Yoruba proverb sent by Bolaji in Nigeria and Oti Oteri in Chestermere, Canada“One does not pass between an elephant’s legs twice”
A Chewa proverb from Malawi sent by Robert Shaba in Zurich, Switzerland“The very thing a goat likes to eat most will give it an upset stomach”
A Krio proverb sent by Umaru Fofanah, Conakry, Guinea
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