JUNGLE WALKER

He who is fond of walking in the jungle will one day meet a Tiger.

INHERITANCE

If I send the person who will inherit my wealth when I am gone and he refuses to go, I will insist on sending him again.

THE HABIT

Habits picked by a child can always be corrected or dropped save for the ones she picked from her parents.

THE AGED

That the aged is too feeble to run does not matter when a goat snatches her snuff box.

PROSTITUTE

The prostitute only realizes her mistakes at an old age when she will have the desire to have children but could not.

SNAKE

If you extract the venom from a dangerous snake, it becomes a mere rope.

UNDER INFLUENCE

That I am in between the legs of a woman should not prompt me to promise what I can not do.

ELEPHANT

Any branch of a tree that vows that the elephant will pass; certainly will accompany the elephant on the journey.

MUSHROOMS

Any bush that does not want to see a basket should not grow mushrooms.

A LONER

If a lonely bachelor puts a pot of soup on fire and at the same time climbs a tree; if his pot of soup does not burn, he will fall down from the tree.

EPILOGUE

In Africa, we do not just make proverbs, rather proverbs do come in the course of discussions. The elders usually use proverbs to stress their points at the same time teaching the younger generations their proverbs which they will in turn pass to their future generations.

Hence many parents now do not live in the rural areas any more; then this idea of putting our proverbs in the media arose. The future generations would always access this piece of work even after we are gone.

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THE FOWL

The fowl with a lot of chick is always associated with excessive talking.

CALABASH COVER

The calabash cover hardly can be bigger than the main body.

FINGER LICK

Why would I haste to lick my finger, would I hang it after all ?

LION

The offspring of a lion does not feed on grass.

GOAT

That a goat have four legs as a lion does not give it the courage to go and wrestle with a lion.

ERROR

If an error remains uncorrected it becomes a norm

ONE BAD APPLE

One bad apple will always spoil it's neighbours.

A TAIL LESS COW

The gods of a cow without a tail drives away the flies for her

THE DROWNED

That someone was seen drowned in a river does not deter others from swimming in the same river.

INDEPENDENCE

An independent person keeps his dignity.

SLAP OF A FRIEND

The slap of a friend hurts more than that of an enemy.

A WISE DOG

A wise dog says that when you remove a tick from her body, you should show her so that she does not mistake cruelty for kindness.

DESTINATION

He who stood up has a destination predetermined.

INTRODUCTION TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF OUR INDIGENOUS PROVERBS

Having made series of further research on our indigenous proverbs including participant observations, we are now poised to serve you better by introducing more proverbs per excellent.

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