• Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb
• To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb
• If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb
• By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb
• You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African proverb
• You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb
• The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb
• By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti proverb
• You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. ~Congolese proverb
• What you learn is what you die with. ~ African proverb
• Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. ~Moroccan Proverb
• When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti Proverb
• Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off. ~African Proverb
• Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day. ~Malagasy Proverb

• Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~ Bondei proverb
• It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African proverb
• Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you. ~ African proverb
• Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb
• A single bracelet does not jingle. ~ Congolese proverb
• A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn. ~ African proverb

African proverbs on Family

• If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success. ~ Ute proverb
• Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb
• Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb

• A friend is someone you share the path with. ~ African proverb
• Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb
• Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. ~ African proverb
• Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb
• Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.  ~ Gabon proverb

• If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb
• The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart. ~Baluba proverb
• Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb
• You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty. ~Congolese Proverb
• The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful. ~Ganda Proverb
• Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face. ~Moroccan Proverb
• A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character. ~Congolese Proverb
• A pretty basket does not prevent worries. ~Congolese Proverb
• It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons. ~African Proverb
• The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. ~Zulu Proverb
• It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir. ~African Proverb
• A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner. ~African Proverb
• There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest. ~African Proverb
• Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride. ~Egyptian Proverb
• Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones. ~Egyptian Proverb
• When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers. ~Igbo Proverb
• A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty. ~African Proverb
• If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so. ~Nigerian Proverb

• A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries. ~ African proverb
• If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is. ~ Egyptian proverb
• Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian proverb
• If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? ~ Ghanaian proverb

African proverbs on Food

• If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter. ~Fulani Proverb
• They ate our food, and forgot our names. ~Tunisian Proverb
• An abundance of food at your neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger. ~Bayaka Proverb
• Food you will not eat you do not boil. ~African Proverb
• When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns. ~Zambian Proverb
• Happiness is as good as food. ~Maasai Proverb
• Good words are food, bad words poison. ~Malagasy Proverb
• The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.” ~Ghanaian Proverb
• Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right. ~Ethiopian Proverb
• The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted. ~Zimbabwean Proverb
• Fine words do not produce food. ~Nigerian Proverb
• If you watch your pot, your food will not burn. ~Mauritanian, Nigerian, and Niger Proverb
• A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. ~African Proverb
• Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is. ~Haussa Proverb
• When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it. ~Kikuyu Proverb
• Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food. ~Ibo Proverb
• A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer. ~Ghanaian Proverb
• Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth. ~Malagasy Proverb
• The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food. ~Ghanaian Proverb
• The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry. ~Bayombe Proverb