FUNNY BUT WISE AFRICAN SAYINGS

My experience with African books and authors like Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Americanah, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton and Open City by Teju Cole with a host of others have been soaked with African proverbs and awesome quotes related to the african setting. I've got some humorous proverbs here that will make you smile and perhaps, they will make you laugh but be sure to read between the lines because each carries life lessons lumped in few words. Here are they;

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. (Uganda)

Don’t mistake a short man for a boy. (Nigeria)

He who has diarrhea knows the direction of the door without being told. (Uganda)

Just because you have been stung by a bee doesn’t mean you destroy all beehives. (Kenya)

A boy perched on a tree sees what an old man sees seated on a stool. (West Africa)

The sun that melts wax dries clay. (Niger)

He who runs alone celebrates. (Kenya)

Anger, no matter how hot it is, can never cook yam. (Nigeria)

You have to be careful to kill a fly that is perched on your scrotum. (Ghana)

If the throat can swallow a knife, the anus must find a way of expelling it. (Africa)

A goat’s frown cannot stop it from being taken to the market. (Nigeria)

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. (East Africa)

It is okay for a child to play with the mother’s breasts, but not the father’s testicles. (-Guinea)

A monkey that eats grass instead of banana is a goat. (Africa)

However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain at the back. (-Africa)

You cannot run and scratch your ass at the same time. (-Ethiopia)

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~(Unknown African source)

Rain does not fall on one roof alone. ~ (Cameroon, West Africa)

When God cooks, you don’t see smoke. ~ (“Kuteka Lesa ke kumweka bwishi ne.” from Kaonde, Zambia)

A man who hangs around a beautiful girl without saying a word ends up fetching water on her wedding.
~ Alur- Uganda Proverb