2. Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili
3. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb
4. The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ Ethiopian proverb
5. Wisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali proverb
6. The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. ~ Cameroon proverb
7. Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others. ~ Hema (DRC) proverb
8. Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem. ~ Akan proverb
9. Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb
10. In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb
11. If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb
12. A wise person will always find a way. ~ Tanzanian proverb
13. Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb
14. A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. ~Kenyan proverb
15. Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan proverb
16. Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb
17. To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb
18. By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb
19. If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb
20. He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian proverb
21. Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb
21. Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb
22. By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb
23. You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African proverb
24. You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb
25. The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb
26. What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. ~African proverb
27. By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti proverb
28. One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb
29. You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. ~Congolese proverb
30. What you learn is what you die with. ~ African proverb
31. Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. ~Moroccan Proverb
32. When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti Proverb
33. Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off. ~African Proverb
34. Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day. ~Malagasy Proverb
35. Traveling is learning. ~Kenyan Proverb
36. Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners. ~Swahili Proverb
37. African proverbs on Peace and Leadership
38. Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb
39. War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying
40. When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb
41. Peace does not make a good ruler. ~Botswana proverb
42. A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb
43. There can be no peace without understanding. ~Senegalese proverb
44. Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully. ~ African proverb
45. If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war. ~ Somalian proverb
46. When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan proverb
47. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled. ~ Swahili saying
48. Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. ~ West African proverb
49. He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb
50. An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian proverb
51. He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb
52. Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself. ~ Tanzanian proverb
53. Without a leader, black ants are confused. ~Ugandan proverb
54. He who refuses to obey cannot command. ~ Kenyan proverb
55. He who fears the sun will not become chief. ~Ugandan proverb
56. A large chair does not make a king. ~ Sudanese proverb
57. Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb
58. Where a woman rules, streams run uphill. ~ Ethiopian proverb
59. A leader who does not take advice is not a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb
60. If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb
61. Unity is strength, division is weakness. ~ Swahili proverb
62. Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~ Bondei proverb
63. It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African proverb
64. Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you. ~ African proverb
65. Many hands make light work. ~ Haya (Tanzania) proverb
66. Where there are many, nothing goes wrong. ~ Swahili proverb
67. Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb
68. A single bracelet does not jingle. ~ Congolese proverb
69. A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn. ~ African proverb
70. If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ Africanproverty
71. A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place. ~ African Proverb
72. A united family eats from the same plate. ~ Baganda proverb
73. A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break. ~ African proverb
74. If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success. ~ Ute proverb
75. Brothers love each other when they are equally rich. ~ African proverb
76. Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb
77. There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ~ African proverb
78. Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb
79. If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? ~ African proverb
80. He who earns calamity, eats it with his family. ~ African proverb
81. Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb
82. The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast) proverb
83. When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate. ~ Ibo proverb
84. Children are the reward of life. ~ African proverb
85. To be without a friend is to be poor indeed. ~ Tanzanian proverb
86. Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb
87. The friends of our friends are our friends. ~ Congolese proverb
88. A friend is someone you share the path with. ~ African proverb
89. Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb
90. Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. ~ African proverb
91. Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb
92. A small house will hold a hundred friends. ~ African proverb
93. A close friend can become a close enemy.~ African proverb
94. Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends. ~ Gabon proverb
95. African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty
96. Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania
97. It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa
98. He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania
99. By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba
100. Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia
